The role of vision-related problems in fatal road accidents in Finland.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101468102 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1755-3768 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 1755375X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Acta Ophthalmol Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Oxford, UK : Wiley-Blackwell
Original Publication: Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Munksgaard

Registries*; Accidents, Traffic/*mortality ; Automobile Driving/*statistics & numerical data ; Vision Disorders/*physiopathology; Accidents, Traffic/trends ; Adult ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Female ; Finland/epidemiology ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Incidence ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Retrospective Studies ; Survival Rate/trends ; Time Factors ; Vision Disorders/epidemiology ; Young Adult

Purpose: To evaluate the significance of vision-related problems in fatal motor vehicle accidents (FMVAs) based on a systematic investigation process by multidisciplinary road accident investigation teams (RAITs).
Methods: Retrospective registry-based study of all FMVAs during the years 2012-2016 in Finland in which driver causing the accident had a valid Finnish driving licence and the operated motor vehicle required having a driving licence.
Results: There were a total of 968 FMVAs. In only 1.3% of all the accidents, a vision-related problem was considered to have contributed to the FMVA, while an observational failure of 23.6% was the leading cause of all the FMVAs.
Conclusions: Eye-originating vision problems are rarely a causative risk for FMVAs in Finland. Making current visual standards more stringent would unlikely to be effective in FMVA prevention.
(© 2020 Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)

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Keywords: evaluation; observational failure; ophthalmology assessment; road accident; traffic medicine

Date Created: 20200909 Date Completed: 20211124 Latest Revision: 20211124

20250114

10.1111/aos.14616

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