ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL FRACTURE DISLOCATION IN LAP-BELT RESTRAINED CHILDREN
This paper discusses an attempt to relate measured loading at the neck junction of a restrained six year old Anthropometric Dummy (ATD) during a frontal crash, to the mechanism of upper cervical fracture dislocation in young children. Lap belt, lap shoulder belt and a four point restraint system are considered. The basis for the reconstructions is the fatal injury to lap-belt restrained young children seated in the rear seat of contemporary minivans. The study concludes that simple forces and bending moments measured on such an ATD may not provide a sufficient basis for judging the likelihood of such an injury. Suggestions for a more comprehensive injury analysis are made. (A) For the covering abstract of the compendium see IRRD 880073.
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Corporate Authors:
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
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Authors:
- NEWMAN, J A
- Dalmotas, D
- Publication Date: 1993-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 165-72
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Serial:
- SAE PUBLICATION SP-986. CHILD OCCUPANT PROTECTION (SAE TECHNICAL PAPER 933099)
- Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Children; Deflection; Dummies; Fatalities; Force; Fractures (Anatomy); Frontal crashes; Manual safety belts; Minibuses; Passive restraint systems; Vertebrae
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 8018: Canada; 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 1758: Child; 5586: Deflection; 1602: Fatality; 5421: Force; 2161: Fracture (bone); 1640: Head on collision; 1263: Minibus; 1466: Passive safety system; 1476: Safety belt
- Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00725320
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- ISBN: 1-56091-422-X
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Sep 26 1996 12:00AM