INFLUENCE OF FRONT-END-DESIGN OF PASSENGER CARS ON INJURIES OF PEDESTRIANS IN CAR-TO-PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS

Questions such as frequency and severity of injuries for various body parts as well as injury frequency and severity caused by exterior car parts are discussed. The influence of car parameters such as front shape, front length and curbmass are investigated. The paper deals also with the question of the correlation between car parameters and injuries of pedestrian in real accidents. But the car parameters were chosen more systematically and in another way. Special attention was paid to the question of the optimal bumper height during consideration of injuries caused by the bumper as well as during consideration of the overall injury severity of the pedestrian. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Meeting on Biomechanics of Injury.
• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

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• Authors:
  • Appel, H
  • Stuertz, G
  • Behrens, S
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 33-43
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Bumpers; Conferences; Crash injury research; Crash severity; Crashes; Design; Height; Injuries; Injury severity; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Pedestrians; Traffic conflicts; Vehicle design; Vehicle front end
• ITRD Terms: 1352: Bumper; 1243: Car; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 6489: Height; 2163: Injury; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148081
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM