BIOMECHANICS OF REAL CHILD PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

Based on 230 medically and technically thoroughly worked out single-case analyses of real pedestrian accidents, including 128 accidents involving children, the influence of various parameters of vehicles and traffic participants on kinematics, injury mechanisms, and traumatising of the pedestrian accident are outlined. The main effort lies in the analysis of the biggest main-group -- the child pedestrians, who are marked by pronounced differences in size and proportion as well as special mechanical strength of their bodies.

• 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:
  • Sturtz, G
  • SUREN, E G
  • Gotzen, L
  • Behrens, S
  • Richter, K
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 467-510

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Biophysics; Crashes; Injuries; Kinematics; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Traffic crashes; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165121
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM