TWO-IMPACT CRASHES - IMPLICATIONS FOR OCCUPANT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES

The widespread and increasing use of deployable devices for improved occupant protection has created new opportunities to design vehicles for multiple impact accidents. It is therefore of topical interest to understand how often multiple impacts occur; which order and combination of impacts (front, side, rear) are most frequent; whether the first, second or subsequent impact is most severe; whether occupants are injured on the first, second or subsequent impacts. In-depth accident files from the UK Co-operative Crash Injury Study 1992-2001 were reviewed, focussing on restrained occupants with MAIS 3+ injury severity where the vehicle received (exactly) two impacts in the course of the accident. The accident data shows that the first impact is the most severe in about 75% of these cases and indicates that injuries are very highly associated with the more severe impact. 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:
  • LENARD, J
  • FRAMPTON, R
• Publication Date: 2003-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 4 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: Conferences; Crash severity; Crashes; Injuries; Injury severity; Multiple vehicle crashes; Vehicle occupants
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 2163: Injury; 1641: Multiple collision; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00987376
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 3 2005 12:00AM