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Vol. 14 (2019)
https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2019.14.25

IDENTIFICATION OF DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THROUGH ORGAN LESION INJURY PATTERN

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Received: October 20 2025
Published: January 12 2026
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Matteo Solinas
matteo.solinas25@gmail.com
Unit of Forensic Medicine, Department of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Enrico Silingardi
Unit of Forensic Medicine, Department of Diagnostic, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Francesco Raschellà
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Legal Medicine, Social Security and Forensic Toxicology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Bartolo Caggiano
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Legal Medicine, Social Security and Forensic Toxicology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Valerio Marino
. Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Legal Medicine, Social Security and Forensic Toxicology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Silvestro Mauriello
. Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Legal Medicine, Social Security and Forensic Toxicology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Saverio Potenza
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Section of Legal Medicine, Social Security and Forensic Toxicology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Mauro Liciani
Data Scientist Consultant, Italy.
Gian Luca Marella
Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Legal Medicine,University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Through a retrospective study, 328 bodies of deceased car drivers were examined (252 drivers and 76
passengers seated in the front seat). Specifically, lesions of the cranial, thoracic and abdominal organs
were examined. The purpose of the study is to ascertain whether it is possible to identify, through the
organ lesion injury pattern, who was driving at the time of the traffic accident. Statistical analysis was
used to detect injuries that could discriminate between the driver and front passenger. Among the
drivers, lesions of the thoracic organs were more frequently observed, in accordance with the greater
skeletal lesivity (specifically in the sternal), due to the impact with the steering wheel; even the injury
of the abdominal organs has more frequently affected the driver than the front passenger. The
encephalic lesion effected the driver and front passenger in a similar percentage of cases. As it was
imaginable to think, the thoracic lesions were the most effective to differentiate the driver from the
front passenger. Abdominal lesion also plays an important role in the study, having been observed in
the driver with a doubled frequency compared to the front passenger

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IDENTIFICATION OF DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THROUGH ORGAN LESION INJURY PATTERN. (2026). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 14. https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2019.14.25
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