Smart sensors: predicting traumatic brain injury in road traffic collisions

Written by Claire Baker (Imperial College London, UK)

Traumatic brain injury in road traffic collisions  Head injuries account for many of the most serious and fatal injuries in Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) [1, 2]. In 2017 there were 25,250 fatalities on European roads. For each fatality, there were four people who sustained permanently disabling injuries, such as spinal or brain damage, eight seriously injured people and 50 people with slight injuries [3]. Globally the extent of the problem is vast: RTCs are the eighth leading cause of fatality globally, accounting for 1.2 million deaths and a further 48.8 million injured casualties each year [4]. Among these casualties, Traumatic...

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