IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF MOTORCYCLE HELMETS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1987 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF IMPACTS, HELD IN BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) SEPTEMBER 8-10, 1987

Investigations of motorcycle accidents have in the past revealed that helmets were failing to be effective for certain types of impact, or were coming off in accidents. BS 6658 (see IRRD 293201) includes new performance requirements that force manufacturers to address themselves to these design aspects. These are effective short term remedies. In the long term a different range of helmet sizes may provide better helmet retention for the variety of human head shapes. Similarly impact test criteria would ideally be linked to clearly defined injury criteria, using a realistic anthropometric dummy for testing. In the meantime there is a need for an accident survey of the effectiveness of the new helmet designs. The laboratory tests described here could then assess some measures of the accident severity. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

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• Authors:
  • Gilchrist, A
  • Mills, N J
• Publication Date: 1987

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 19-32
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI-Secretariat
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Anthropometry; Conferences; Deflection; Design; Dummies; Head; Helmets; Improvements; Motorcyclists; Protective clothing; Size; Specifications; Tests
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 5405: Acceleration; 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 8525: Conference; 1687: Crash helmet; 5586: Deflection; 9011: Design (overall design); 9014: Dimension; 9108: Improvement; 1752: Motorcyclist; 187: Specification (standard); 6255: Test; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00492474
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM