BUS COLLISION CAUSATION AND INJURY PATTERNS

CURRENT AVAILABLE STATISTICS ON BUS COLLISION AND INJURY PRODUCTION ARE REVIEWED AND PRESENTED AS BACKGROUND MATERIAL. PERTINENT FINDINGS OF THE STUDY INCLUDE COLLISION CAUSATION FACTORS RESULTING FROM DRIVE, VEHICLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES. A MAJOR PORTION OF THE PAPER RELATES INJURY CAUSATION AND INJURY PATTERNS TO EJECTION, RESTRAINTS, STRUCTURE DESIGN, SEATS, ETC. OCCUPANT KINEMATICS AND THE SUBSEQUENT INJURY PRODUCTION ARE RELATED TO THREE CLASSES OF SCHOOL BUS AND COACH COLLISIONS. POST COLLISION FACTORS INFLUENCING INJURY, SUCH AS EGRESS, EXTRICATION, FIRE, ETC., ARE DISCUSSED. SUMMARIES OF SELECTED BASES ARE INCLUDED TO ILLUSTRATE METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS. THE PAPER CONTAINS CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RESULTING FROM THE STATISTICAL REVIEW AND CLINICAL INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY. /SAE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 80, No 1, P 147
• Authors:
  • SIEGEL, A W
  • Nahum, A M
  • Runge, D E
• Publication Date: 1972-1

Media Info

• Serial:
  • SAE Journal of Automotive Engineering
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Crash injury research; Crashes; Injuries; Kinetics; Statistics; Vehicle occupants
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223695
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM