A PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING INJURY TOLERANCE LEVELS FOR CAR OCCUPANTS

This paper describes a method for estimating the levels and range of human injury tolerance by correlating injury information obtained in accident investigations with laboratory tests simulating the accident conditions using an anthropomorphic dummy. The technique is applied to injuries to restrained occupants attributable to the seat belt system and tolerance levels are suggested for use with the OPAT dummy when testing restraint systems incorporating seat belts. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was published as part of the Proceedings of the 20th Stopp Car Crash Conference.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • LOWNE, R W
  • Wall, J F
• Conference:
  • Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1976-10-18

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 641-664

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Dummies; Engineering tolerance; Injuries; Laboratory tests; Manual safety belts; Simulation; Vehicle occupancy
• Old TRIS Terms: Tolerances
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148786
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAW #760820
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM