Accidents - Go-carts - Year 2010 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,217
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	130
6-15 years old:	748
16-25 years old:	121
26-50 years old:	185
50+ years old:	31

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/18/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
20YOF INTER HEAD IN- GO CART WRECK
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/23/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
10 Y/O F FELL OFF GO-CART BHT SCALP ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
8YOM, HELMETED, STRAPPED TO GO-CART, TAKING A CURVE TOO FAST&FLIPPED ST RRIKING A WALL, C/O HA&DIZZINESS>>CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
12YOM RIDING A CAGED IN GO-CART AT THE SPEEDWAY AND CRASHED INTO A WALL CLOSED HEAD INJURY WAS WEARING A HELMET
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/13/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts, Poles
4 YR M ON GO CART AT PUTT PUTT AND HIT POLE;DX CHI AND CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
A 35 YR OLD MALE DRIVING A GO CART AND WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER G O CART DX CONSUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
A 5 YR OLD MALE RIDING IN GO CART AND HIT HEAD WHEN REAR ENDED DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/04/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
9YOF; PT WAS RIDING A GO-CART WHEN HER HAIR GOT TANGLED IN THE MOTOR AN D HER HEAD WAS PULLED TOWARDS THE MOTOR. D: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
8YOM INJ.HEAD,NECK,BACK AT *** AMMUSMENT PARK WHEN DRIVING GO-CART,WAS HIT MANY TIMES BY OTHER CARTS,WEARING SEATBELT. DX; C.H.I./NECK ST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2010	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
36 YOM INJURED HEAD, ARM FROM GO-CART ACCIDENT. DX-HEAD INJURY, GO-CART ACCIDENT, RIGHT UPPER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT HAD GO CART ACCIDENT TODAY NO HELMET SCALP LACERATION 11YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
CONC. 59 YOM WRECKED GO CART GOING 15 MPH HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2010	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts, Fences or fence posts
34 YOF GO CART ACCIDENT, DRIVER, HIT FENCE, -SB DXZ: BHT, NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
52 YOM WAS DRIVING GO-CART IN BOAT YARD AND BOAT FELL ON TOP OF HIM CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/16/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
11 YO M SITTING IN GO-CART WHILE GOING DOWN HILL - HIT HEAD DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/07/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
4 Y FEMALE GOT HAIR CAIGHT IN MOVING BELT OF GO-KART DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
10 YOM CRASHED WHILE RIDING GO-CART ON BOARDWALK` CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
6YOWM MOTHER STATES WAS RIDING GO-CARTS AT CELEBRATION STATION, RESTRA INED PASSENGER, COLLIDED W/3 OTHER GO-CARTS. DX. ABRA CHIN, CONT SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
^4YOF CONTUSION TO HEAD, LACERATION TO TOE, SPRAINED KNEE RAN GOCART INTO BACK OF TRUCK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
5 YR F ROLLED GO CART;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2010	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
23 YOM WAS STANDING IN GO CART GOING DOWN HILL AND FELL OUT. DX: EPIDURAL HEMATOMA, SKULL FX, FACIAL FX, R HAMATE FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/13/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
MINOR CHI: SIMPLE LAC. R LEG; 12YOF PASSENGER ON GO-CART, BOY LOOKED AWAY CAUSING THEM TO WRECK, HIT HEAD, 1 CM LAC. TIBIA, HEADACHE, @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
2 YR M HIT HEAD ON GO CART;DX CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
11YOF; PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF A GO-CART. D: CONCUSSION WITH LO C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
15YOF DRIVING THE GO CARTS RAN INTO OTHER GOCART DRIVERS WAS RESTRAINED HIT HEAD ..CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/27/2010	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
25YOM DRIVING GOCART HOME ON STREET AND HIT BUMPS LOST CONTROLL AND FLI PPED IT. + LOC CONCUSSION,LAC TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
6 YO M RIDING GO-CART, WRECKED, HIT HEAD. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/22/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
13 YOM, FELL OFF GO CART CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2010	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
27YOF FELL OFF A MOVING GO-CART AND STRUCK HEAD ON THE PAVEMENT CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
^8YOF RIDING GAS POWERED GO-CART WITHOUT HELMET, ACCELERATOR STUCK HITT ING A PARKED ***, HEAD STRUCK ROLL BAR; HD INJ,SKULL FX. FACE FXS/LACS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/01/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
3 YR HIT BY GO CART;DX CHI, ABRASION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
15YOF HA/DIZZINESS S/P REAR ENDED IN *** HIT HEAD ON SIDE DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2010	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
LOST CONTROL OF GO CART AND OVERTURNED NO HELMET SKULL FRACTURE 1 9YOM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/11/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
11YOWM PT STATES WAS PLAYING WHEN HIT HEAD ON GO-CART TIRE WHEEL CAUSIN G LAC ABOVE L EYE. DX. L EYEBROW LAC, HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
15 YOM INJURED HEAD IN GO-CART ACCIDENT IN STREET AT HOME, HIT ROLL BAR. DX-CLOSED HEAD INJURY, HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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