A Review on All Terrain Vehicle Safety
Abstract
:1. Background
2. Crash and Injury Characteristics
3. Trauma Prevention
3.1. Vehicle Design
3.2. Education and Behavioural Change
3.2.1. Does Education Make ATV Riders Safer?
3.2.2. Can We Improve Education Uptake?
3.2.3. Are There Other Ways to Influence Behaviour?
3.3. Helmet Use
3.4. Alcohol and Drugs
4. Legislation and Regulations
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Fawcett, V.J.; Tsang, B.; Taheri, A.; Belton, K.; Widder, S.L. A Review on All Terrain Vehicle Safety. Safety 2016, 2, 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety2020015
Fawcett VJ, Tsang B, Taheri A, Belton K, Widder SL. A Review on All Terrain Vehicle Safety. Safety. 2016; 2(2):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety2020015
Chicago/Turabian StyleFawcett, Vanessa J., Bonnie Tsang, Amir Taheri, Kathy Belton, and Sandy L. Widder. 2016. "A Review on All Terrain Vehicle Safety" Safety 2, no. 2: 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety2020015