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Table 3 Mechanism of injury for the 68 vascular trauma patients. Pedestrian relates individual who are walking and involved in road traffic accident

From: Civilian vascular trauma, treatment and outcome at a level 1-trauma centre

Mechanism of injury

No. patients

%

Car

20

29

Knife

17

25

Fall from height > 3 m

10

15

Motorcycle/moped

7

10

Penetrating (other)

5

7

Pedestrian

3

4

Crushing

3

4

Strangulation

2

3

Cyclist

1

1

  1. Penetrating trauma (other) was injury due to glass, electric saw, axe, and metal objects in an explosion