Pain in the neck is one of the most common problem after traffic accidents. It seems to be an increasing compensation problem for the insurance companies over the world. Nevertheless, this problem varies a lot from country to country.
Statistics are uncertain, as registration of traffic accidents is made from different principles.
Their work is available on the Internet . Dr Olle Bunketorp , M.D., Ph.D., is an orthopedic surgeon who in 1977 participated in a group creating a Traffic Accident Register in Gothenburg, Sweden. Today he is the chairman of the register. Dr Magnus Fogelberg , M.D., i a neurologist, head of the department of neurology, Eastern clinics of the Sahlgrenska University Hospital. Since 1985 he is a member and consultant neurologist at the Register.