The Gothenburg traffic injury register

Bunketorp, Olle<sup>1</sup>; Nilsson, Willy<sup>1</sup>; Romanus, Bertil<sup>1</sup>; Falk, Stig<sup>1</sup>

Affiliations

¹Department of Orthopaedics, Gothenburg University, East Hospital, The Environmental and Health Protection Agency, The Town Planning Council, Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

A hospital-based registration of traffic accident casualties was introduced in Gothenburg in 1979. The purpose was to compensate for the deficiencies in the official traffic accident statistics, to study the mechanisms of injuries in specific accidents in order to facilitate diagnosis and therapy for the injured and to evaluate the effect of protective equipment for vehicles and road-users. This presentation will describe the methods used, present the results obtained so far, and show how data reported by the police and the hospitals can complement each other in a comprehensive analysis of the causes and consequences of traffic accidents.

Cited Works (9)

Year	Entry
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1985	Bunketorp O, Romanus B, Kroon PO. Head and neck injuries in traffic accidents in Göteborg in 1983. In: Proceedings of the 1985 International IRCOBI/AAAM Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 24-26, 1985; Göteborg, Sweden.1-15.
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1982	Bunketorp O, Nilsson W, Romanus B. Traffic accident registration and analysis in Göteborg. In: Proceedings of the 1982 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 8-10, 1982; Cologne, Germany.61-75.
1986	Kroon PO, Bunketorp O, Romanus B. The protective effect of bicycle helmets: a study of paired samples in a computer-based accident material in Gothenburg, Sweden. In: Proceedings of the 1986 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 2-4, 1986; Zurich, Switzerland.249-260.
1984	Kroon P-O, Bunketorp O, Romanus B. Bicycle accidents in Göteborg, Sweden 1983. In: Proceedings of the 1984 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 4-6, 1984; Delft, The Netherlands.37-46.

Cited By (1)

Year	Entry
1998	Takeuchi K, Bunketorp O, Ishikawa H, Kajzer J. Car-pedestrian accidents in gothenburg during ten years. In: Proceedings of the 1998 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 16-18, 1998; Göteberg, Sweden.87-98.