SAFETY BELT INJURY REDUCTION RELATED TO CRASH SEVERITY AND FRONT SEATED POSITION

This paper describes a study on the use of a newly derived ten-point deformation rating scale as a control variable in the examination of belt effectiveness in reducing injury among passenger car drivers and right front passengers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also HS-037 101, TRIS 391363.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599
• Authors:
  • Campbell, B J
• Publication Date: 1984-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash data; Crash investigation; Crashes; Deformation; Drivers; Injuries; Injury classification; Manual safety belts; Traffic crashes; Variables; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Old TRIS Terms: Right front passengers; Vehicle deformation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00391364
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HSRC-PR129a, HS-037 102
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM