Analysis of 86 fatal motorcycle frontal crashes
A survey group involving multi-discipline experts was built to randomly collect data on fatal motorcycle frontal collision accidents that occurred in Chongqing during 2006-2010. The sampled information included medical or autopsy reports, blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level, helmet use, accident witness, field sketch as well as field photos. The motorcyclist injuries were scored according to the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 2005. The involved riders with a BAC level ≥20 mg/ml were attributed to alcohol use. Data were processed statistically with nonparamet-ric test via software SPSS 11.0