INTERCRANIAL OR NECK INJURY IN BELTED CAR OCCUPANTS

From an in depth study of 117 seriously or fatally injured belted front seat occupants of cars, all of whom were involved in frontal impact accidents, two main conclusions can be drawn: (1) amongst the seriously or fatally injured belted occupants without evidence of head contact clinically important injury to the cranial contents or to the deep structures of the neck was uncommon; (2) amongst the seriously or fatally injured belted occupants with evidence of head contact the proportion of casualties with neck injury more severe than minor was less than amongst those without head contact although the number with head injuries was greater. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

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• Authors:
  • Grattan, E
  • Clegg, N G
  • WALL, J G
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 114-120
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash severity; Crashes; Fatalities; Frontal crashes; Head; Injuries; Injury severity; Manual safety belts; Neck; Vehicle occupancy; Vehicle occupants; Vertebrae
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2040: Cervical vertebrae; 1602: Fatality; 1640: Head on collision; 2163: Injury; 1476: Safety belt; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134135
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM