TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS CONCERNING CHILD EPIDEMIOLOGY. MECHANISM AND MEANS OF PREVENTION

The aims of this paper are to define the injuries sustained by children, either as pedestrians or as rear seat car occupants, and to compare their lesions with those suffered by adults. The authors notice some differences which can be explained by differences of height and weight, but also by the dynamics of the children and by a different tolerance to impact. This paper put forward possible explanations of the differences observed between children and adults, which can be verified by specific studies. For the covering abstract of the conference see HS-036 716. (TRRL)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Twenty-Seventh Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings (P-134) with International Research Committee on Biokinetics of Impacts (IRCOBI), San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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• Authors:
  • ROMIEU, M
  • Viel, E
  • Ramet, M
  • Quincy, R
  • Chirouze, L
• Conference:
  • Twenty-Seventh Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceeding (P-134) with International Research Committee on Biokinetics of Impacts (IRCOBI), San Diego, California, October 17-19, 1983.
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 7-14

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adults; Alternatives analysis; Arm; Biophysics; Children; Conferences; Crash injury research; Data collection; Dynamics; Engineering tolerance; Impacts; Injuries; Injury severity; Leg; Pedestrians; Prevention; Rear seat occupants; Size; Skull; Vehicle occupants; Vehicle rear end
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rear
• Geographic Terms: France
• Old TRIS Terms: Tolerances
• ITRD Terms: 2012: Arm (human); 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 8623: Data acquisition; 9014: Dimension; 5473: Dynamics; 8036: France; 2163: Injury; 2023: Leg (human); 1733: Pedestrian; 9149: Prevention; 9067: Rear; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 2021: Skull; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387076
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831600, HS-036 718
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM