TORQUING OF NECK AND JAW DUE TO BELT RESTRAINT IN WHIPLASH - TYPE ACCIDENTS

The use of seat belts may have increased the proportion of facial or jaw injuries, although they have reduced the number and severity of facial injuries in motor vehicle accidents. The rapid imposition of restraint by the diagonal belt in a vehicle occupant who is thrown forward can lead to a burn on the side of the neck or to bruising. In one case the victim had chipped teeth, the belt restraint had forced the mandible upwards and sideways. This explains the severity of temporomandibular joint damage and asymmetric head symptons in cases where no blow to the head or jaw had occurred. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Roydhouse, R H
• Publication Date: 1985-6-8

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1341
• Serial:
  • The Lancet
  • Issue Number: 8441
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0140-6736
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01406736

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deceleration; Face; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Neck; Torque; Torsion; Traffic crashes; Vertebrae; Whiplash
• Uncontrolled Terms: Side
• ITRD Terms: 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 5416: Deceleration; 2011: Face (human); 2163: Injury; 1476: Safety belt; 9074: Side; 5512: Torsion
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450820
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:56PM