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Causes of fatalities in motor vehicle occupants: an overview
Siobhan O'Donovan1,2, Corinna van den Heuvel1,3, Matthew Baldock4
1School of Biomedicine, The University of Adelaide, Level 2 Helen Mayo North Building, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
Abstract:
Injuries from motor vehicle collisions are frequently encountered in routine forensic practice. While the most common lethal events involve blunt force trauma with injuries to the head and neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis and limbs, review of the literature and case files shows that a wide variety of other fatal situations can occur that may involve sharp force and penetrating trauma, incineration, drowning, asphyxia, organic diseases and combinations of these. The following overview details potential factors that may contribute to death following vehicle crashes.
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