Injury (Highway)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-TRA-000189",
  "term": "Injury (Highway)",
  "field": "Transportation",
  "definition": "Police-reported highway injuries are classified as follows:\n\nIncapacitating Injury: Any injury, other than a fatal injury, that prevents the injured person from walking, driving, or normally continuing the activities the person was capable of performing before the injury occurred. Includes severe lacerations, broken or distorted limbs, skull or chest injuries, abdominal injuries, unconsciousness at or when taken from the accident scene, and inability to leave the accident scene without assistance. Exclusions include momentary unconsciousness.\n\nNonincapacitating Evident Injury: Any injury, other than a fatal injury or an incapacitating injury, evident to observers at the scene of the accident. Includes lumps on head, abrasions, bruises, minor lacerations, and others. Excludes limping.\n\nPossible Injury: Any injury reported or claimed that is not evident. Includes momentary unconsciousness, claim of injuries not obvious, limping, complaint of pain, nausea, hysteria, and others.",
  "subject": "Highway",
  "references": [
    "National Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/transportation/injury-highway/"
}