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Officials at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the Department Health and Human Services, says about 3.5 million motor vehicle crash victims were treated in emergency departments in 2006 for injuries ranging from scrapes and bruises to life-threatening trauma. Three million of the crash victims were treated and released while about 321,000 were admitted or transferred to another acute care hospital for inpatient care. About 8,000 victims died in the emergency department, the report said.

A breakdown of the type of insurance of the victims showed about:

-- 25 percent of the victims were uninsured.

-- 55 percent had private health insurance.

-- 10 percent were covered under Medicaid.

-- 4 percent were covered under Medicare.

-- 7 percent had other types of coverage.

The researchers also found sprains accounted for 44 percent of the injuries treated and superficial injuries such as scrapes, accounted for 35 percent. Open wounds were 10 percent and head injuries 5 percent of the total motor vehicle injuries seen in the emergency department. Other types of injuries included fractures -- about 15 percent -- and 3 percent internal injuries of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis.

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