This record consists of various important information about road accidents i.e. time, date and location of accident, weather information, road characteristics and traffic information at the time of accident.
Furthermore, patients with fractures during the snow and ice period were compared to those in the control period with respect to gender, age, location of accident, length of stay, disposition, and anatomical site of the injury.
Differences between patients during the snow and ice period and patients during the control period, with regards to gender, age, location of accident, length of stay, disposition, and anatomical site of the injury, were analysed using the χ2 test (categorical variables) and the Students t-test (continuous variables) equality of variances was tested with Levene's test.
The same tests were used to assess differences between patients during the snow and ice period and the control period in gender, age, gender, location of accident, length of stay, disposition, and anatomical site of the injury between patients who fell outside their home.
Statistically significant differences between cases in the coastal and mountain areas were also found in location of accident, intent, severity and outcome (table 1).
The questionnaire collected data regarding the following aspects: background information, patients' demographic characteristics, location of accident, season of accident, cause of injury, causative chemical, onsite management of wound, body part and surface area affected, concomitant injury, mass casualties, treatment and outcome, and protective and onsite first-aid equipment and its use.
Sirius is working with Delphi, a supplier of automotive electronics, to develop a system that will display the location of accidents and road construction on the car's in-dash G.P.S. navigation screen, alerting the driver to possible delays and offering alternate routes.
The subsequent reported analysis refers to the location of accidents.
An article on April 22 about the growing scrutiny faced by Patricia J. Lancaster, then New York City's buildings commissioner, after a series of fatal construction accidents misstated the location of one accident, in which a window installer fell from a condominium tower when a safety strap failed.
Further in-depth accident investigation is suggested to cover the activity of the victim prior to the accident, any involved product, the location of the accident on the escalator, any medical treatment, what went wrong, opinion of the respondent on the causes of the accident, and personal characteristics of the passengers.
The main features – geographical location, type of accident, materials involved, origin and causes, consequences, domino sequences – were analyzed, with special consideration to the situation in the developing countries and compared to those from other previous surveys.
