OCULAR INJURIES FROM DRIVER'S AIR BAG

The air bag was introduced in automobiles as a device to reduce serious injuries and fatalities from front angle collisions. Although air bags have reduced the incidence of brain injury in motor vehicle accidents there are published reports of ocular trauma to the driver, secondary to air bag inflation.

• Corporate Authors:

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  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Hunt, L
• Publication Date: 1995-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 18-19
• Serial:
  • INSIGHT
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Crash injury research; Drivers; Eye; Frontal crashes; Injuries; Vision disorders
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver injuries; Injury research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00730119
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 4 1997 12:00AM