DRIVER AND HIS RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

A SAMPLE OF NEARLY 1000 RECENT INJURY-PRODUCING AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS WAS SELECTED, CONTAINING ONLY CARS IN WHICH THE FRONT SEAT WAS OCCUPIED BY THE DRIVER AND HIS RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER. THE FREQUENCY, DEGREE, CRUDE ANATOMY, AND CAUSATION OF INJURY TO THESE TWO OCCUPANTS IS EXAMINED AND COMPARED. IT IS SHOWN THAT THE PASSENGER IS INJURED MORE OFTEN AND MORE SERIOUSLY THAN THE DRIVER. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO EXPLAIN THIS, INCLUDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CRUDE ANATOMY OF INJURY AND THE CAUSATIVE FACTORS IN THE CAR.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No VJ-1823-RU6
• 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; Drivers; Injuries; Passengers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224146
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Automotive Crash Injury Research
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM