PEDESTRIAN INJURIES AND THE DOWNSIZING OF CARS

The Pedestrian Injury Causation Study (PICS) is used to investigate the relations between car weight and pedestrian injuries in frontal accidents. As car curb weight decreased, large changes in overall severity are not observed, although the proportion of head injuries increases. Since contacts of the windshield area are more common in smaller cars, they are studied in detail.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Pedestrian Impact Injury & Assessment P-121. International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, Michigan, February 28-March 4, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Blodgett, R J
• Publication Date: 1983-2

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 17-25
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Society of Automotive Engineers, Incorporated
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compact automobiles; Head; Injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Vehicle design; Vehicle weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Severity
• Old TRIS Terms: Small car
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00376684
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 830050, HS-034 537
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1983 12:00AM