title: Collisions with passenger cars and moose, Sweden.
abstract: The number of collisions between motor vehicles and moose is increasing in many countries. Collisions with large, high animals such as moose cause typical rear- and downward deformation of the windshield pillars and front roof, most pronounced for small passenger cars; the injury risk increases with the deformation of the car. A strengthening of the windshield pillars and front roof and the use of antilacerative windshields would reduce the injury risk to car occupants.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000818:Animals; D001336:Automobiles; D003670:Deer; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans; D013548:Sweden; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*