Fuel tank injury in a fatal motorcycle accident
- 20.01.2022
- Images in Forensics
Erschienen in:
- Verfasst von
- Lucia Tattoli
- Marta Moretti
- Giancarlo Di Vella
- Erschienen in
- Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Ausgabe 3/2022
Abstract
Vehicular trauma is the most common cause of pelvic fractures. In motorcycle collisions, the driver strikes or is struck by a fixed object, and is subjected to blunt trauma and deceleration forces. Injuries around the scrotum and perineum of victims in motorcycle accidents are known as a fuel tank injuries (FTI). We report the case of a 26-year-old male motorcyclist involved in a fatal high-speed head-on collision with a car. At autopsy, purple bruising distributed symmetrically over both hips with scrotal lacerations were found. Partial bowel evisceration through an abdominal lacerated wound, extensive abdominal organ injuries and multiple fractures were also found. Considering the dynamics of the accident and the type of motorcycle he had been riding, the pelvic bruising and the scrotal injury were related to violent deceleration following the impact, leading the driver to slide forward against the fuel tank of the motorcycle.
FTI is comparatively rare in motorcycle accidents because it only occurs in cases involving a head-on collision, and most drivers try to swerve or correct their direction just prior to the collision. Nevertheless, the most frequent cause of pelvic injuries in motorcyclists is caused by contact with the vehicles fuel tank during the crash. Forensic pathologists should have a better knowledge of FTIs as they are helpful in understand the dynamics of the accident and in distinguishing the driver from the passenger in two-rider motorcycle crashes.
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- Titel
- Fuel tank injury in a fatal motorcycle accident
- Verfasst von
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Lucia Tattoli
Marta Moretti
Giancarlo Di Vella
- Publikationsdatum
- 20.01.2022
- Verlag
- Springer US
- Erschienen in
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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Ausgabe 3/2022
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-2891 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-021-00445-2
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