COMPARISON BETWEEN IN-THE-FIELD ACCIDENTS AND RECONSTRUCTED ACCIDENTS WITH DUMMIES AND WITH CADAVRES

By accurately reconstituting accidents whose parameters are well known from multidisciplinary accident investigation, it is possible to associate forces and accelerations values with injuries sustained by occupants involved in in-the- field accidents. In this study, two in-the-field accidents, their reconstruction conducted by using dummies as occupants, and their reconstruction then with human cadavers are analysed. These accident reconstructions allow to associate and compare accident occupants' injuries with acceleration forces, injuries criteria values measured on dummies, and, on the other hand, accelerations, injuries criteria values, and injuries sustained by cadavers during the second accident reconstruction.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 19th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Warrendale, Society of Automotive Engineers. Sponsored by Ministere de l'Equipement et du Logement, France.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096

  General Motors Corporation

  Research and Development Center, 30500 Mound Road
  Warren, MI  United States  48090
• Authors:
  • Cesari, D
  • Ramet, M
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 27 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cadavers; Crash investigation; Dummies; Injuries; Multidisciplinary teams; Reconstruction; Vehicle occupants
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131997
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE #751165 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1977 12:00AM