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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2019.33.2.139

An Analysis of Factors Affecting Severity of Elderly Driver in Frontal Collision  

Jeon, Hyeok-Jin (Dept. of Emergency Medical Technology, Choonhae College of Health Sciences)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.33, no.2, 2019 , pp. 139-144 More about this Journal
Abstract
The increase in the elderly population also increased the damage and deaths of the elderly drivers. However, studies on the severity and severity of the elderly driver are not actively conducted and the factors are unknown. In this study, I tried to find out the factors affecting the damage and severity of the elderly driver in the frontal collision and to utilize them additionally in the severity classification. Collision Deformation Classification (CDC) Code was used to check the extent of damage to the vehicle. Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) was used to determine the injury parts and severity of injury, and the Injury Severity Score (ISS) to confirm the severity of the patient. The odds ratios of severe injury patients were found to be 7.381 in the subjects with 5 or more deformation extent and the ${\beta}$ value of the deformation extent was 0.453 in the analysis of the severity by linear regression analysis. Therefore, the degree of deformation extent of 5 or more can be suggested as a criterion that can be used additionally to the severity classification in the elderly driver.
Keywords
Elderly drivers; Frontal collision; Deformation extent; Injury severity score (ISS); Severity classification;
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