HEAD INJURY IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

INVENTORY DATA ARE GIVEN ON NEARLY 38,000 PERSONS WHO SUFFERED HEAD INJURY IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. THE LEADING SOURCE OF HEAD INJURY IS IMPACT ON OR THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD (BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE-THIRD OF ALL HEAD INJURIES). STEERING ASSEMBLY (15 PERCENT), UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS (12 PERCENT), EJECTION (11 PERCENT), AND INSTRUMENT PANEL AND OTHER FOWARD OBJECTS (10 PERCENT) ARE ALSO MAJOR CAUSES. TWO-THIRDS OF HEAD INJURIES ARE OF "MINOR" SEVERITY, WITH BRUSES, CONTUSIONS, AND MINOR LACERATIONS OF THE EXTERNAL SOFT TISSUE. THE CASE FATALITY RATE IS FIVE PERCENT (DEATH WITHIN 24 HOURS).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No VJ-1823-R17
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • KIHLBERG, J K
• Publication Date: 1965-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash severity; Fatalities; Head; Impacts; Windshields
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224145
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Automotive Crash Injury Research
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM