COMPULSORY SEAT BELT USE AND MECHANISMS OF INJURY

DAS SURTENOBLIGATORIUM UND VERLETZUNGSMECHANISMEN

In connection with the law introduced on the 1St January 1976 making the wearing of seat belts obligatory, the federal justice of police department set up an interdisciplinary research group to investigate all accidents in Switzerland in which car occupants wearing seat belts were severely injured. The following problems were to be studied: (1) accident characteristics which also cause a hazard to belt wearers; (2) typical injury patterns of belted occupants, split into collision types; (3) effects of incorrect fitting of seat belts; (4) defects of commercial safety belt systems in normal use. Data for the study consisted of police accident reports with accident photographs and photogrammetric surveys, the groups own investigations of the vehicles, medical reports and technical examination of the seat belts. The first results of the investigation are described for the period January to mid April 1976, and also the development of the degree of belt usage, severity of injuries according to collision types, localisation of injuries, and medically based exceptions from the obligation to wear belts. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Fachverlag Schiele und Schoen GmbH

  Markgrafen Strasse 11
  1000 Berlin 61,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Walz, F
  • Niederer, P
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 323-324
• Serial:
  • Biomedizinische Technik-Biomedical Engineering
  • Volume: 21
  • Publisher: Fachverlag Schiele und Schoen GmbH
  • ISSN: 0013-5585

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biophysics; Bogs; Coefficients; Crash diagrams; Crash reconstruction; Crash reports; Defects; Diseases and medical conditions; Fatalities; Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Injuries; Interdisciplinary studies; Law enforcement; Manual safety belts; Photography; Research reports; Restraint systems; Safety; Surveys
• Uncontrolled Terms: Photographic surveys; Use
• Old TRIS Terms: Bog and marsh; Interdisciplinary; Occupant restraint
• ITRD Terms: 2060: Biomechanics; 5238: Defect (tech); 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 2154: Medical aspects; 1621: Reconstruction (accid); 8559: Research report; 1476: Safety belt; 5504: Safety coefficient; 9084: Use
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170382
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM