Fatal motorcyclist injury from a hinged and rounded rearview mirror.
Rigidly mounted sharp projections from automobile exteriors have been replaced by flexibly mounted rounded structures believed to be less hazardous to unprotected road users. The present report of a fatality from an external rearview mirror indicates the continued potential for harm from a projecting structure in spite of a hinged mounting and rounded shape.
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Division of Research, Policy, and Planning, New Jersey Department of Health, Trenton 08625-0360.
D000328:Adult; D001336:Automobiles / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005409:Flail Chest / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology*