IMPACT DIRECTION AND INJURIES TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS
ANSTOSSRICHTUNG UND VERLETZUNGEN VON FAHRZEUGINSASSEN
THE SEVERITY OF INJURIES TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS IS INFLUENCED BY: (A) FROM THE VEHICLE ANGLE - DIRECTION OF IMPACT, PLACE OF COLLISION, DELTA-V, MASS RATIO, SAFETY BELTS, HEAD RESTS, AGE AND DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE; (B) AGE AND PRELIMINARY INJURY TO OCCUPANTS, OCCUPANTS DEVIATING FROM THE 'NORM', EJECTION, STRESS BY LOOSE ITEMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, POSITION OF THE SEATS IN THE VEHICLE AND POSTURE IN THE SEATS. THE PERCENTAGE OF HEAD ON COLLISIONS IN ACCIDENTS IS GIVEN AS ABOUT 60 PERCENT, THAT OF SIDEWAYS COLLISIONS AS 20 PERCENT, AND THAT OF REAR COLLISIONS AND OVERTURNING AS 10 PERCENT. HEAD-ON COLLISIONS: THE MOST FREQUENT INJURIES HERE ARE HEAD INJURIES, EVEN WITH SEVERELY INJURED WEARERS OF BELTS. DRIVERS SUFFER FROM FACIAL FRACTURES AND MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES MORE THAN PASSENGERS, BECAUSE OF IMPACT WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. IN ANGLED FRONTAL COLLISIONS (11 AND 01 H) THERE ARE MORE INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND EXTREMITIES THAN WITH THE 12 H IMPACT; THIS SHOWS THE NEED FOR THE 30 DEGREE CRASH TEST. SIDEWAYS COLLISIONS: THOSE SITTING ON THE SIDE THE COLLISION OCCURS SUFFER INJURIES TO THE HEAD, THORAX AND EXTREMITIES, AND THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE TO THE HEAD AND THORAX. BOTH STRUCTURAL MEASURES (COMPATIBILITY AND PADDING OF VEHICLES) AND THE PREVENTION OF EJECTION WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING INJURY. FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD NO 311057.
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Authors:
- WALZ, F
- Publication Date: 1979
Language
- German
Media Info
- Pagination: 41-56
- Monograph Title: KONGRESSBERICHT JAHRESTAGUNG 1979 DER DEUTSCHEN GESELLSCHAFT FUER VERKEHRSMEDIZIN E.V., GEMEINSAM MIT DER DEUTSCHEN VERKEHRSWACHT E.V., 30. MAERZ BIS 1. APRIL 1979, KOELN
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Serial:
- UNFALL U SICHERHEITSFORSCH STRASSENVERKEHR 21
- Issue Number: 21
- ISSN: 0341-5732
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash reconstruction; Crash severity; Diseases and medical conditions; Ejection; Frequency (Electromagnetism); Frontal crashes; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Overturning; Side crashes; Vehicle occupants
- ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 1651: Ejection; 6997: Frequency; 1640: Head on collision; 2163: Injury; 1630: Lateral collision; 2154: Medical aspects; 1637: Overturning (veh); 1621: Reconstruction (accid); 1476: Safety belt; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 1630: Sideways collision; 1715: Vehicle occupant
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics; I84: Personal Injuries;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01289265
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:42AM