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Review
. 2020 Sep 30;5(9):544-548.
doi: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.190090. eCollection 2020 Sep.

A review of common motorcycle collision mechanisms of injury

Logan Petit  1 , Theodore Zaki  2 , Walter Hsiang  1 , Michael P Leslie  1 , Daniel H Wiznia  1
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Review

A review of common motorcycle collision mechanisms of injury

Logan Petit et al. EFORT Open Rev. .

Abstract

Injuries sustained in motorcycle collisions can be organized into distinct patterns to improve recognition and treatment.Lowside, highside, topside, and collision are the four main categories of motorcycle crash types.Within those four crash types, mechanisms of injury include head-leading collisions, direct vertical impact, motorcycle radius, motorcycle thumb, fuel tank injures, limb entrapment, tyre-spoke injury, and crash modifying manoeuvre. Cite this article: EFORT Open Rev 2020;5:544-548. DOI: 10.1302/2058-5241.5.190090.

Keywords: emergency medicine; motorcycle injury; patterns of injury; trauma.

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ICMJE Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest relevant to this work.

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Crash modifying manoeuvre.
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Tyre-spoke injury.
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Topside/highside collision.
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Head-leading collision.
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Fuel tank injury.
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Direct vertical impact collision.
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Motorcycle thumb.
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