A REVIEW OF REAL WORLD STUDIES OF PEDESTRIAN INJURY

A REVIEW OF REAL WORLD STUDIES OF PEDESTRIAN INJURY

THE PAPER PRESENTS A BRIEF SURVEY OF PATTERNS OF INJURY OBSERVED IN PEDESTRIANS AND THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN COMPARING THESE. HEAD AND LEG INJURIES ARE THE MOST FREQUENT; ARM INJURIES TAKE THIRD PLACE. THE MORE SEVERE THE INJURY, THE MORE THERE IS A PREDOMINANCE OF HEAD INJURY. THE INJURY PATTERN IS ALSO DETERMINED BY THE AGE OF THE VICTIM. WITH CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY SMALL CHILDREN AGED UP TO 4 YEARS, THE PROPORTION OF HEAD INJURIES IS GREATER THAN WITH ADULTS. INJURIES TO THE HEAD, THROAT, BACK, THORAX, ARMS AND LEGS ARE DISCUSSED. IMPACT SPEED AND THE EXTERNAL SHAPE OF THE VEHICLE ALSO AFFECTS INJURY. THE WAY IN WHICH MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXTERNAL SHAPE OF VEHICLES COULD BRING ABOUT A DECREASE IN THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACCIDENTS IS DISCUSSED. THE COVERING ABSTRACT FOR THE CONFERENCE IS IRRD NO 311057.

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  • English

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  • Pagination: 119-39
  • 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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  • Accession Number: 01289272
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:42AM