THE INFLUENCE OF CAR FRONTAL DESIGN ON PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT TRAUMA, WITH DISCUSSION

PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT DATA RECORDED IN GENERAL POLICE ACCIDENT PROCEDURE, FOR ONE YEAR IN NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, HAS BEEN ANALYSED. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES HAVE BEEN FOUND BETWEEN EITHER THE VALUES OF INJURY AND FATALITY PER ACCIDENT OR INJURY LOCATION PATTERNS, FOR CAR MODEL AND MAKES WHEN THEY ARE INTERCOMPARED. HOWEVER SUB-ANALYSES INDICATE THAT WHILST SOME MODELS WITH SPECIFIC DESIGN FEATURES MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF INJURIES THAN THOSE WITHOUT, IT IS PROBABLE THAT GENERAL FRONTAL STYLING, I.E. CONTOUR AND HEIGHT, HAS A GREATER INFLUENCE ON PEDESTRIAN TRAUMA THAN DOES THE DESIGN OF SPECIFIC FEATURES. GENERAL STYLING PROBABLY INFLUENCES THE SEVERITY OF THE SECONDARY IMPACTS OF PEDESTRIANS WITH THE VEHICLE AND THE ROAD, WHICH ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE HEAD INJURIES. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • FISHER, A J
  • HALL, R R
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 47-58
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Design; Injuries; Pedestrian vehicle crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design features
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223765
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-009861
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1972 12:00AM