THE CAUSE AND NATURE OF HEAD INJURIES SUSTAINED BY PEDESTRIANS

For pedestrians struck by cars the following conclusions are made: children sustain less severe injuries than adults at high impact speeds and this is mainly due to their sustaining less severe head injuries; for both children and adults the head is the body area sustaining life-threatening or fatal injuries; life-threatening or fatal head injuries are often more caused by vehicle contact than road contact; and the windscreen frame is responsible for most of the life-threatening or fatal head injuries caused by vehicle contact. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

  109 Avenue Salvador Allende
  Bron CEDEX,   France  F-69675
• Authors:
  • Ashton, S J
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 101-113
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Adults; Age; Automobiles; Children; Crashes; Fatalities; Head; Injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Speed; Vehicles; Windshields
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1747: Adult; 1757: Age; 1057: Air transport network; 1243: Car; 1758: Child; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 5408: Speed; 1311: Windscreen (veh)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134136
• 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