EXPERIMENTAL CHILD PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION -- THORACIC IMPACT. FINAL REPORT

As part of the Pedestrian Protection Program, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is conducting research to reduce pedestrian thoracic injury from contact with vehicle face regions. This initial study addresses child pedestrians in which translational, lateral impact occurs. Accident cases involving small children (ages 2 to 13 years old) were reconstructed in the laboratory using a component surrogate thoracic device developed at the Vehicle Research and Test Center. From these reconstructions, relationships between several injury criteria and observed injury severity levels were developed. Presented in this report are short descriptions of the development of the surrogate thoracic device and the reconstruction methodology. Tentative threshold values are presented for peak chest compression, average rib/spine accelerations (TTI kernel value), and the viscous injury criterion.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  Vehicle Research and Test Center, P.O. Box 37
  East Liberty, OH  United States  43319
• Authors:
  • Elias, J
  • Hamilton, M
  • Monk, M W
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 47 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Children; Crash injury research; Crash reconstruction; Injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Thorax
• Old TRIS Terms: Surrogate thoracic devices
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00496492
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: VRTC-86-0019, HS-807 420
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1990 12:00AM