ROADSIDE HAZARDS AND LETHAL SIDE IMPACT FOR BELT WEARERS

The roadside not only provides many objects, impact with which leads to death or serious injury of belted occupants; it also contains hazards that prevent drivers recovering control of cars that stray from the road pavement. Side impacts - often more hazardous than frontal impacts to belt wearers - form a large proportion of the more serious crashes with roadside objects. The authors discuss possible countermeasures including the use of some form of protective head gear, clearing selected sections of the roadside of obstacles and attempting to limit speeds on country roads. /Author/TRRL/

• Record URL:
  http://arrbknowledge.com
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 8th Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  ARRB

  Melbourne, Victoria  Australia 
• Authors:
  • Herbert, D C
  • Corben, C W
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 37-43
• Serial:
  • Volume: 8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crashes; Drivers; Driving; Fatalities; Frontal crashes; Handling characteristics; Hazards; Helmets; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Prevention; Roadside; Side crashes; Speed limits; Support poles; Vehicle occupancy; Vehicle occupants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes; Side
• ITRD Terms: 9003: Cause; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 1640: Head on collision; 2163: Injury; 3312: Pole; 9149: Prevention; 1476: Safety belt; 9074: Side; 1646: Vehicle handling; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164125
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM