HOW TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF OCCUPANTS WEARING SEAT BELTS

Safety belt is less efficient in real accidents than in experimental conditions because of some defects concerning cars, way of wearing belt or belt technology or geometry. By analyzing 420 accident cases in each of which at least one occupant was injured, we evaluate the difference between theoretical and observed performances, we list factors having caused the observed injuries and we suggest counter measures.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 19th AAAM Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medicine

  801 Green Bay Road
  Lake Bluff, IL  United States  60044
• Authors:
  • Hartemann, F
  • Tarriere, C
  • Mackay, G M
  • Gloyns, R F
  • Hayes, HRM
  • Cesari, D
  • Ramet, M
• Conference:
  • 19th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
  • Date: 1975-11-0 to 1975-11-0
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 36-48

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash injury research; Defects; Manual safety belts; Restraint systems; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Occupant restraint
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00133545
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1976 12:00AM