Appendix
VI – Backing Injury Data
The National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System (NEISS)
The following table presents data derived from
an examination of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System
(NEISS) of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Table XXXIII: Injuries
from Backing Incidents --National Projections Based on NEISS Data from
July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2001
| Age |
<1 |
1-4 |
5-12 |
13-21 |
22-64 |
>64 |
All |
| Total
(a) |
125(a)
(1 case) |
1101 |
1089 |
1111 (a)
(18 cases) |
2394 |
860 (a)
(13 cases) |
6680 |
|
Disposition
|
| 1 |
125 (a)
(1 case) |
483 (a)
(16 cases) |
1042 |
1086 (a)
(17 cases) |
2337 |
669 (a)
(9 cases) |
5742 |
| 2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
28 (a)
(1 case) |
28 |
| 4 |
-- |
499 (a)
(13 cases) |
46 (a)
(3 cases) |
25 (a)
(1 case) |
56 (a)
(2 cases) |
161 (a)
(3 cases) |
787 |
| 8 |
-- |
118 (a)
(1 case) |
|
|
|
|
118 |
|
Total (a) |
125 (a)
(1 case) |
1100 |
1088 |
1111 (a) |
2393 |
858 (a)
(13 cases) |
6675 |
Any differences
in totals result from rounding of national projections to the lowest
whole number
(a) – Number of incidents found
was below 20, which limits the reliability of the national projection
1 – Treated and released, or examined
and released without treatment
2 - Treated and transferred to another
hospital
4 – Treated and admitted for hospitalization
(within same facility)
8 – Fatality including DOA
|
Backing Injuries in the General
Estimates System
The following chart presents data on backing
injuries derived from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s
General Estimates System (GES).
Table XXXIV: Backing Incidents:
Annualized GES National Estimates 1996-2000
| |
Leaving
Parked Position |
Entering
Parked Position |
Backing
up (not
parking) |
Total
« |
No
Injury |
Possible
Injury |
Non
incapacitating evident injury |
Incapacitating
injury |
Fatal
Injury |
Unknown |
| Car |
21.173 |
78.868 |
1248.4 |
1348.4 |
63.726 |
701.78 |
398.22 |
110.71 |
20.523 |
53.455 |
| SUV |
0 |
4.6268 |
158.92 |
163.55 |
0 |
51.437 |
42.408 |
69.703 |
0 |
0 |
| Van |
0 |
5 |
394 |
399 |
127.98 |
142.57 |
96.611 |
27.401 |
4.4368 |
0 |
| Lt.
Truck |
9.0428 |
0 |
99.631 |
108.67 |
0 |
0 |
54.768 |
44.186 |
4.4928 |
5.2268 |
| Other
Lt. Veh. |
0 |
53.11 |
133.5 |
186.61 |
0 |
157.64 |
5.6961 |
23.277 |
0 |
0 |
| Single
unit straight truck |
0 |
0 |
40.343 |
40.343 |
0 |
14.862 |
16.153 |
4.8076 |
4.52 |
0 |
| Truck-tractor
cab only |
0 |
0 |
6.8024 |
6.8024 |
0 |
4.484 |
2.3184 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Unknown
med./
heavy
Truck
type |
0 |
0 |
14.211 |
14.211 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14.211 |
0 |
| Other
body type |
0 |
0 |
43.514 |
43.514 |
0 |
0 |
38.706 |
4.8076 |
0 |
0 |
| Unknown
body
type |
0 |
0 |
79.148 |
79.148 |
0 |
59.386 |
19.762 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total |
30.2158 |
141.6048 |
2218.4694 |
2390* |
191.706 |
1132.159 |
674.6425 |
284.8922 |
48.1836 |
58.6818 |
*Rounded to the nearest whole number to reflect slight
differences that occur in calculating the total using the various figures
available for that calculation.
National Hospital Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey – Data From Emergency Departments
The 2000 NHAMCS file for emergency department
visits contains 25,622 records, 8,791 of which are for unintentional
injuries. The text fields of the unintentional injury records were searched
for certain words that would likely be used in describing one of the
types of non-traffic motor vehicle-related incidents under study.
A total of five incidents involving a vehicle backing up were found
in the NHAMCS emergency department file. Details of those incidents
are provided below.
Table XXXV: Vehicle Backing
Incidents Located In The 2000 NHAMCS (Emergency Department) File
|
|
Patient Weight* |
| |
2,041 |
| MVC, truck
backed into parked car |
3,088 |
| Passenger,
restrained, car backed into their car and pushed their car back
5 feet |
11,698 |
| Jogging and
ran into car that was backing up |
4,302 |
| Fell at 3
a.m. when she was standing behind her car and truck backed into
her car which then pushed her |
3,005 |
*When there are 30 or more similar incidents, the
patient weights for all of the incidents can be added to together to
create a projection of the national total of such incidents. The patient
weights presented here are for information purposes only. They are of
little or no predictive value since they each represent only one incident.
Even if the incidents are considered to be similar, there are still
only five such incidents here so no reliable predictions as to the national
total of such incidents can be made.