¿Cuántas muertes relacionadas con LCT se deben a accidentes de tráfico?

People lose their lives in many ways when they are involved in collisions on the road, whether they experience heavy bleeding or sustain internal organ damage that proves fatal. However, some lose their lives after suffering a lesión cerebral traumática (TBI) in a motor vehicle accident. TBIs are a common consequence of traffic wrecks and there are many ways in which a victim may hit his or her head during a crash. Moreover, some people sustain a TBI and do not even realize their brain was harmed until later on.

The Centers for Disease Control and Information states that traffic accidents were one of the primary causes of TBI-related deaths during 2013. Throughout the year, 19 percent of people who passed away due to a TBI sustained the injury in a traffic accident. Furthermore, among those aged five to 24 years old, traffic collisions were the main cause of TBI-related death. With regard to people between 15 and 44 years of age, traffic crashes were the primary reason behind TBI-related hospitalization.

Está claro que los accidentes automovilísticos son peligrosos para personas de todas las edades y las consecuencias de sufrir un traumatismo cerebral en un accidente pueden ser muy graves. Lamentablemente, estos incidentes seguirán ocurriendo en las carreteras de todo el país, por lo que los conductores deben hacer todo lo posible para protegerse, como llevar puesto el cinturón de seguridad y evitar las carreteras que puedan ser especialmente peligrosas. Dicho esto, las acciones negligentes de otros conductores no se pueden detener, y deben ser responsables de las consecuencias de sus decisiones.