IN DEPTH STUDY OF SEAT BELTED ACCIDENTS

IN THIS STUDY OF THE WEARING AND PERFORMANCE OF SEAT BELTS, EXAMINATIONS WERE CARRIED OUT ON 60 PERSONS AND 46 CARS. THE ACTUAL SEAT BELT WEARING RATE, IN A GROUP OF INJURED PERSONS ALL OF WHOM WERE INITIALLY THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN WEARING SEAT BELTS, WAS 60 PERCENT. IN PERSONS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL OR KILLED, SEATBELTS THEMSELVES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH INJURY TO LESS THAN A THIRD OF CASES, AND THESE INJURIES ARE MOSTLY MINOR. THE INCIDENCE OF MALADJUSTMENT OF SEAT BELTS IS ALARMINGLY HIGH, AND WARRANTS FURTHER ACTION, ESPECIALLY AS MALADJUSTMENT SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH INJURY. THE MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM SEEMS SATISFACTORY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • NO 71/1276
• Corporate Authors:

  Monash University

  Wellington Road
  Clayton, Victoria  Australia  3800
• Authors:
  • Ryna, G A
  • Baldwin, R J
• Publication Date: 1972-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 34 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Drivers; Human characteristics; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Mechanics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222302
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 16 1973 12:00AM