Accidents - Golf carts - 50+ years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,440
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	343	Lower Leg:	325
Upper Trunk:	294	Shoulder:	289
Lower Arm:	205	Ankle:	190
Lower Trunk:	147	Upper Leg:	133
Wrist:	94	Upper Arm:	85
Foot:	84	Pubic Region:	71
Ear:	68	Hand:	39
Knee:	33	Unkown:	33

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 65 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: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
65 YOM HIT BY GOLF CART FX ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 70 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: Golf carts
FELL OUT OF GOLF CART, HIT HEAD ON BACK OF CART DX: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
PT OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE RIDING A GOLF CART STRIKING A CURB STRUCK CHE ST ON THE STEERING WHEEL FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
68 Y.O. W MALE W/KNEE CONTUSION. PT STS GOLF CART RAN INTO HIM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts, Fences or fence posts
PT ON THE GOLF COURSE DRIVING A GOLF CART RAN INTO A FENCE SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
PT OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE DRINKIJG ALCOHOL WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A GOLF CART FRACTURED RIGHT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
PT GETTING INTO A GOLF CART WHEN THE DRIVER STEPPED ON THE PEDAL FELL S TRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf carts
INJURED HAND ON GOLF CART. ACUTE FLEXOR TENDONITIS RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
RIDING GOLF CART, HIT TREE @ HIGH SPEED & HIT CHEST ON STEERING WHEEL. ACUTE CHEST WALL STRAIN & ABDOMINAL PAIN DUE TO MVA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
69 YOM WAS IN GOLF CART IT FLIPPED MULTIPLE RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
PT GETTING INTO A GOLF CART AT THE NURSING HOME FELL STRIKING RIGHT LOW ER LEG AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE CAR CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts
PT. GRABBED GOLF CART AND CUT R HAND, AREA STILL GAPPED OPEN. OCCURED ON GOLF COURSE. DX. LAC. HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Golf carts
SCALP HEMATOMA-HIT HEAD ON GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Golf carts
UNRESTRAINED DRIVER OF GOLF CART EJECTED WHEN HIT BY SLOW MOVING CAR IN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LAC, ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
LT SHOULDER CT-FELL OUT OF GOLF CART-@ GOLF COURSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
ACCIDENTLY RUN OVER BY BOAT TRAILER BEING MOVED BY GOLF CARTBY HUSBAND WHEN GAS PEDAL STUCK,THROWN TO GROUND/L2COMPRESSION FX,CONCUSSION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
FX RIGHT HUMERUS. PT FELL OFF A GOLF CART AND INJURED ARM,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
PATIENT WRECKED ON A GOLF CART AND WAS THROWN OFF RESULTING IN CONTUSIO N TO HER SHOULDER..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
PT SEEN FOR ANKLE CONTUSION AFTER RUNNING INTO A GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
PT SEEN FOR WRIST FX AFTER FALLING FROM THE GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf carts, Golf
PT IS 96 YEARS OLD PLAYING GOLF TWO WEEKS AGO STRUCK RIGHT LOWER LEG AG AINST THE GOLF CART SUSTAINED AN ABRASION THEN INFECTION CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 65 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: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf carts
LT FOOT INJURY-CAUGHT BETWEEN GOLF CART & PATH-@ GOLF COURSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts
BUMPED GOLF CART WITH ARM-LACERATION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
57 YO MALE GOT LEFT FOOT STUCK BETWEEN CURB AND GOLF CART CONTUSION LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
RT BICEP STRAIN AFTER DRIVING GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts
PT LACERATED LEG ON GOLF CART DX: 15 CM. LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
57YOM FELL OFF GOLF CART AT FRIENDS HOME INJ SHOULDERDX FX CLAVICAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Golf carts
82 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT INV IN GOLF CART ACCIDENT @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
PT DRIVING A GOLF CART AND HIT A TREE DX; RT LEG SP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf carts, Golf
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT WAS PLAYING GOLF AND IN GOLF CART AND CART ROLLED OV ER INJURING PT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts
LAC R LEG - HIT LEG ON GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
RAN OVER BY A GOLF CARTFRACTURE OF LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Golf carts
PT GOT LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO GOLF CART, INFECTED WOUND R SHIN, HEMATOM A L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
RAN OVER BY GOLF CART CONTUSION TO RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RIDING GOLF CART ON DECK, WENT DOWN 3 STEPS/ LAC LT FOREARM,CONTUSION H IP AND SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
PT EJECTED FROM GOLF CART AT 25MPH WHEN HE SWERVED TO MISS CAR AND HIT CURB. D: THORACIC/LUMBAR SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
PT HIT BY A GOLF CART THAT WAS BEING DRIVEN BY HIS DOG FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
62 Y/O F INJURED L SHOULDER WHEN DRIVING GOLF CART THAT ROLLED OVER AT HOME. DX; L SHOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
75 Y/O M INJURED R SHOULDER WHEN PINNED UNDER GOLF CART THAT ROLLED OVE R AT HOME WHILE INTOXICATED. DX; R SHOULDER SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Golf carts
MULTI CONTUSIONS WHEN FELL FROM GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
PT RIDING ON A GOLF CART WHEN HE FELL OUT FRACTURED RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts
PATIENT FELL GETTING INTO A GOLF CART, SLIPPED ON A ROCK. DX-LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Golf carts
HIT EAR ON GOLF CART AT *** GOLF COURSE.LACERATION TO RIGHT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 63 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: Golf carts
PT FELL OFF A GOLF CART STRIKING HIS HEAD CONTUSION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
STEPPED WRONG FROM GOLF CART, INJURY TO R ANKLE, FELT POP. DX. FX R AN KLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Golf carts
INTRACEREBRAL BLEED.PT WAS RIDING IN A GOLF CART AND FELL OFF AND INJUR ED HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Golf carts
PT WAS STRUCK BY A GOLF CART THEN IT RAN OVER HIM SUSTAINED MULTIPLE IN TERNAL ORGAN INJURIES TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
DRIVING GOLF CART STRUCK BY ANOTHER AUTO GOING APPROX 20MPH NO LOC RIG HT FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Golf carts
PT FELL OUT OF A GOLF CART; STRAIN BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 64 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: Golf carts, Golf
PT WAS PLAYING GOLF FELL OUT OF A MOVING GOLF CART STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Golf carts
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF GOLF CART DX: FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Golf carts
PT. HAD TESTICULAR PAIN GETTING OFF OF GOLF CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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