Accidents
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An accident is a specific, unexpected, unusual and unintended external action which occurs in a
particular time and place, with no apparent and deliberate cause but with marked effects.
The majority of head injuries are caused by road-traffic accidents, falls, sports and assaults.
Accidents on the roads and in industrial environments can happen to anybody, resulting in severe
limb injury and subsequent disability.
Automobile accidents claim more lives than any other type of accidental death and are
responsible for innumerable injuries.
Whiplash is the name for neck sprains to the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spines and is commonly
associated with vehicle accidents usually when the vehicle has been hit in the rear. In a U.S.
Study one hundred and thirty-seven patients attending hospital following road traffic accidents
were contracted regarding pain in the neck between 1 and 2 years later. Eighty-five (62 per
cent) stated that they had suffered pain in the neck at some time following their accident
compared with 42 (30.6 per cent) who were noted to have pain in the neck when examined
soon after the accident. Thirty-one patients (22.6 per cent) still felt occasional pain 1 year after
the accident and 5 had continuous pain at 1 year.
However great the risks are for the average driver, the consequences of an accident are usually
much more serious for a motorcyclist, often leading to long-term disability. The U.S. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that there are approximately 6.6
million motorcycles registered in America, and this figure does not include scooters. The NHTSA
also reported that nearly 2,500 motorcyclists die in traffic accidents each year, and while this
number was previously decreasing from 1990 to 1997, it has increased at least 40 percent
steadily since 1997.
A loss of limb or severe disability has a disastrous effect on a person physically, psychologically
and economically. Taking out some form of accident or disability insurance policy in case you
need to make a claim that involves either accident or disability certainly makes a lot of sense.
particular time and place, with no apparent and deliberate cause but with marked effects.
The majority of head injuries are caused by road-traffic accidents, falls, sports and assaults.
Accidents on the roads and in industrial environments can happen to anybody, resulting in severe
limb injury and subsequent disability.
Automobile accidents claim more lives than any other type of accidental death and are
responsible for innumerable injuries.
Whiplash is the name for neck sprains to the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spines and is commonly
associated with vehicle accidents usually when the vehicle has been hit in the rear. In a U.S.
Study one hundred and thirty-seven patients attending hospital following road traffic accidents
were contracted regarding pain in the neck between 1 and 2 years later. Eighty-five (62 per
cent) stated that they had suffered pain in the neck at some time following their accident
compared with 42 (30.6 per cent) who were noted to have pain in the neck when examined
soon after the accident. Thirty-one patients (22.6 per cent) still felt occasional pain 1 year after
the accident and 5 had continuous pain at 1 year.
However great the risks are for the average driver, the consequences of an accident are usually
much more serious for a motorcyclist, often leading to long-term disability. The U.S. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that there are approximately 6.6
million motorcycles registered in America, and this figure does not include scooters. The NHTSA
also reported that nearly 2,500 motorcyclists die in traffic accidents each year, and while this
number was previously decreasing from 1990 to 1997, it has increased at least 40 percent
steadily since 1997.
A loss of limb or severe disability has a disastrous effect on a person physically, psychologically
and economically. Taking out some form of accident or disability insurance policy in case you
need to make a claim that involves either accident or disability certainly makes a lot of sense.
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★Accidents and Disability Information,
Conditions and Statistics
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Conditions and Statistics
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ACCIDENTS CAN LEAD TO LONG TERM
OR PERMANENT DISABILITY AND THE
NEED TO FILE A DISABILITY CLAIM
ACCIDENTS CAN LEAD TO LONG TERM
OR PERMANENT DISABILITY AND THE
NEED TO FILE A DISABILITY CLAIM