ANALYSIS OF VEHICLE INJURY SOURCES

THE STUDY EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF A VARIETY OF INTERIOR VEHICLE COMPONENT DESIGN MODIFICATIONS INTRODUCED BY THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY ON THE PROPENSITY FOR INJURY. TWO VEHICLE AGE CLASSIFICATIONS WERE SELECTED (VEHICLES NOT EQUIPPED WITH A MAJORITY OF THE SAFETY ORIENTED MODIFICATIONS OF INTEREST, 1960-1965; VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH THESE DESIGN MODIFICATIONS, 1968-1971) AND COMPARED ON THE BASIS OF SIMILAR ACCIDENT CIRCUMSTANCES -- IMPACT SPEED, SEATED POSITION, RESTRAINT UTILIZATION, SITE OF IMPACT, VEHICLE MAKE AND VEHICLE SIZE. IN GENERAL, THE DIFFERENCE IN OCCUPANT INJURY RISK BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLE AGE CLASSIFICATIONS WAS FOUND TO BE MINIMAL. THE INFLUENCE OF VEHICLE SIZE, SEATED POSITION AND VEHICLE MAKE CONFORMED TO THE EXPECTED PATTERNS IN BOTH VEHICLE AGE CLASSIFICATIONS (REAR SEATED POSITION WAS FOUND TO BE THE LEAST HAZARDOUS, INJURY POTENTIAL WAS FOUND TO INCREASE AS VEHICLE SIZE DECREASED AND NO CONSISTENT TRENDS WERE DETERMINED FOR VARIATIONS IN VEHICLE MAKE). /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • CAL-ZM-5010-V-2R
• Corporate Authors:

  Calspan Corporation

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14225
• Authors:
  • Anderson, T E
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 135 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash injury research; Crash investigation; Crashes; Design; Human factors; Injuries; Motor vehicle bodies; Research; Vehicle safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile bodies; Vehicular safety
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224435
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1974 12:00AM