Vulnerable Roadway Users Struck By Motor Vehicles At The Center Of The Safest, Large US City by Linda A. Dultz, M.D., M.P.H; George Foltin, M.D. et al. The Journal of Trauma And Acute Care Surgery. Article abstract.
Crosswalks In New York Are Not Havens, Study Finds by Matt Flegenheimer. The New York Times. April 2, 2013.
1,400 pedestrians and cyclists treated at New York's Bellevue Hospital Center were studied. The roles of behavior, engineering, design, demographics, intoxication, and traffic patterns are all part of this study. I was surprised to learn that obese accident victims tended for fare better initially, with fat acting as protection. However, once admitted to the hospital obese victims tended to do worse than the non-obese.
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