Differences in relative risks for fatal occupational highway transportation accidents.
OBJECTIVE
This study examined the trends in the relative risks for being involved in fatal occupational highway transportation accidents based upon the age and gender of the victim.


RESULTS
Significant differences in relative risks were identified based upon age; however, there were no significant differences in relative risks based upon gender. The trend analysis of relative risks for all motor-vehicle accidents based upon age showed that males exhibited a significant cubic trend while females exhibited a significant linear trend. The trend analysis of relative risks for fatal motor-vehicle accidents specifically involving vehicle operators based upon age yielded a significant quadratic trend for males and no significant trends for females. Examining the relative risks for fatalities involving only motor-vehicle operators controlled, to a certain extent, the differences in job exposure to motor-vehicle accidents based upon age.


CONCLUSIONS
Prevention measures are identified as most crucial for older male workers in the transportation and agriculture industries.
Janicak
Christopher A
CA
Department of Safety Sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 136 Johnson Hall, Indiana, PA 15705, USA. cjanicak@iup.edu
D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States