ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF CRASH PHASE INJURY COUNTERMEASURES- I. THE REDUCTION OF THE FATALITY RISK

THE EFFECTS OF CRASH-PHASE INJURY COUNTERMEASURES- SAFETY BELTS, ENERGY ABSORBING STEERING COLUMNS, AND HIGH PENETRATION RESISTANT WINDSHIELDS-ON THE FATALITY RISK FOR PASSENGER CAR OCCUPANTS WERE STUDIED. THE RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF FATALITIES, BY DIRECTION OF IMPACT AND VEHICLE COMPONENT CAUSING INJURY, WAS DERIVED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. PAST STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF CRASH-PHASE COUNTERMEASURES WERE REVIEWED. THEIR RESULTS AND ANALYSES OF THE INJURY MECHANISMS WERE RECONCILED TO ESTIMATES OF THE REDUCTION OF THE FATALITY RISK ACHIEVED BY THE COUNTER- MEASURES SEPARATELY AND IN THOSE COMBINATIONS APPLYING TO VEHICLES OF THE VARIOUS MODEL YEARS. /HSRI/

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• Authors:
  • Joksch, H C
  • Wuerdemann, H
• Publication Date: 1972-6

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 89-108
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Constraints; Energy absorbing materials; Fatalities; Impacts; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Prevention; Windshields
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy absorbers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221877
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM