PWE are between 1.13 and 2.16 times more likely to experience a serious (one that requires an emergency visit to a health facility/causes death) MVA than controls.
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15 PWE also have a 2.2-fold increased risk of pedestrian accidents, and 1.7-fold risk of bicycle accidents.
15 However, 8% to 18% of MVAs in PWE are related to a first seizure.
16 The causative risk factors for MVA in epilepsy are unclear. In PWE, the proportion of accidents due to an actual seizure versus a driver error is difficult to determine owing to the mixed instances of how these crashes are reported. Most studies to date indicate that the majority of MVAs are not due to a seizure.
15 A 1999 study by Krauss et al suggested that the strongest predictor of seizure-related crashes is the SFI.
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