title: Air bag-mediated fatal craniocervical trauma: a case report.
abstract: This case report describes a four-year-old girl (102 cm, 17 kg) who sustained fatal craniocerebral injuries as a result of an inflating automobile air bag. The car struck the lid of the sewer system, which was 15 cm above the ground level, at a low speed, and both the driver and passenger air bags inflated. Despite the fact that air bag usage has lessened both the possibility and severity of occupant injuries in frontal collisions, case reports of serious injuries and even deaths especially in children due to air bag deployment, particularly during low speed impacts, highlight the need for changes in both system design and possibly the threshold speed of air bag deployment.
authors.affiliation: The Council of Forensic Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. doctorbuyuk@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yalçin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Büyük
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uzün
authors.forename: Zerrin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Erkol
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ağritmiş
authors.forename: Kasim T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Ustündağ
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D017278:Air Bags / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology*; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000209:etiology