DISCUSSION OF "SEVERE AND FATAL INJURIES IN REAR IMPACTS"

The authors (of "Severe and Fatal Injuries in Rear Impacts", by MB James, RL Decker, and CY Warner) have concluded "that stronger seat back designs aimed at only reducing severe and fatal injuries may increase exposure to less severe injuries and actually increase the total rear impact harm". This conclusion fails to take into account other design considerations which are a part of seat designs that are more resistant to rearward deformation under conditions of rear impact. These designs have the potential to reduce not only severe injuries but also minor and moderate injuries. Their analysis also relies upon flawed NASS data.

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  ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)

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• Authors:
  • SLAVIK, D H
• Conference:
  • 41st Annual Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Conference
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1997-11-10 to 1997-11-11
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 307-314
• Serial:
  • Publication of: ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
  • Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
  • ISSN: 0892-6484

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deformation; Design; Fatalities; Impacts; Injuries; Injury severity; Rear end crashes; Seat backs; Traffic crash victims
• Identifier Terms: National Accident Sampling System
• Uncontrolled Terms: Severe injuries
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00767358
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 10 1999 12:00AM