Injury Patterns in Side Pole Crashes

Pole/tree side impacts are realistic crash environments that can induce severe injuries to the occupant. The mechanisms of injury are unique to this unusual environment. The antero-lateral chest is loaded in an oblique configuration because of the intruding door. The head translates laterally to often strike the intruded pole/tree producing linear skull fractures, commonly through the skill base. Because the human many be more vulnerable ion this type of crash scenario, it is imperative that the dummy models used for injury mitigation design mimic the antero-lateral chest loading response seen in this study.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)

  P.O. Box 4176
  Barrington, IL  United States  60011-4176
• Authors:
  • Pintar, Frank A
  • Maiman, Dennis J
  • Yoganandan, Narayan
• Conference:
  • 51st Annual Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
  • Location: Melbourne , Australia
  • Date: 2007-10-15 to 2007-10-17
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Monograph Title: 51st Annual Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
• Serial:
  • Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine
  • Volume: 51
  • Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM)
  • ISSN: 1943-2461

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injuries; Dummies; Head; Side crashes; Support poles; Utility poles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Chest injuries; Head injuries
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081236
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Nov 26 2007 9:57AM