OCCUPANT PROTECTION IN LATERAL IMPACTS

The frequency and severity of lesions sustained by the occupants of cars impacted laterally depend upon the main following factors: impact localization, intrusion into passengers' compartment, car speed variation, direction of occupant trajectory, objects contacted by the various body areas. The paper describes the results of studies of 296 lateral impacts. It draws conclusions as to the coming improvement of occupant protection, taking account of the current state of the art in biomechanics and automobile design.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of 20th Conference, Dearborn, Michigan, October 18-20, 1976
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Hartemann, F
  • Thomas, C
  • Foret-Bruno, J Y
  • Henry, C
  • Fayon, A
  • Tarriere, C
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 191-218

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Biological materials; Biophysics; Crash injury research; Crashes; Design; Impacts; Motor vehicles; Protection; Research; Speed; State of the art studies; Traffic crashes; Traffic speed; Vehicle occupancy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lateral impacts; Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164955
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 18 1978 12:00AM