AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND OCULAR INJURIES OF OCCUPANTS

The relationship between ocular injuries and airbag deployment is studied experimentally in airbag deployment tests using pig eyes in vitro and newly developed load cells mounted on a fixed plate. Experiments conducted under various conditions reveal relationships between impact pressures on corneal surfaces and ocular injury rates. The ocular injury rate is determined by microscopic observation as the density of corneal endothelial cell loss. The relationship between impact pressure and injury rate is discussed statistically. No serious injuries to corneal endothelial cells occurred during the experiments within the framework of our test conditions. Injury and impact pressure has not been shown clearly. The present study investigates the relationship between corneal endothelium injury and impact pressure caused by airbag deployment. The airbag folding pattern is also examined in order to determine the influence of folding pattern on impact pressure. For the covering abstract see ITRD E825082.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF JAPAN

  1-3-1, KASUMIGASEKI, CHIYODA-KU
  TOKYO,   Japan  100-8901
• Authors:
  • NAKAI, T
  • Suzuki, K
  • TOBARI, T
  • TAKAHASHI, H
  • SUZUKI, N
  • NAKAHAMA, R
  • TAKIZAWA, Y
  • YABE, H
  • Takahashi, K
• Publication Date: 2003-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF 18TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON THE ENHANCED SAFETY OF VEHICLES, HELD NAGOYA, JAPAN, 19-22 MAY 2003
  • Publisher: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air bags; Conferences; Crash severity; Crashes; Eye; Injuries; Injury severity
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1465: Air bag (restraint system); 8525: Conference; 2163: Injury; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 2066: Vision
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987223
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 3 2005 12:00AM