Pedestrian Injuries From Cars and SUVs: Updated Crash Outcomes From the Vulnerable Road User Injury Prevention Alliance (VIPA)
This study looks at pedestrian risk factors and modern sport utility vehicle (SUV) design. It examines SUV-pedestrian crash outcomes in comparison to automobile-pedestrian crash outcomes. The data analyzed is of Michigan pedestrian and bicyclist crashes and was collected by the International Center for Automotive Medicine Pedestrian Consortium. The data shows that pedestrians struck by SUVs were almost twice as likely to be severely injured in the thigh/hip area as compared to pedestrians struck by cars (24% vs. 16%) and that the thigh/hip injuries for pedestrians struck by SUVs were disproportionately caused by impacts with leading edge vehicle features such as the bumper, grille, or headlights. In addition, impacts with SUVS were more likely to throw pedestrians forward than impacts with cars (36% vs. 26%).
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Corporate Authors:
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Ruckersville, VA United States -
Authors:
- Monfort, Samuel S
- Mueller, Becky C
- Publication Date: 2020-5
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 7p
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Automobiles; Crash injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrian safety; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Sport utility vehicles; Vulnerable road users
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01757437
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 10 2020 9:19AM