LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES OF FRONT SEAT OCCUPANTS

TRAUMA RESEARCH GROUP OF UCLA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IS ENGAGED IN ITS SIXTH YEAR OF INVESTIGATING INJURIES SUSTAINED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. STUDY WAS MADE OF 290 COLLISIONS CONTAINING 464 FRONT SEAT CAR OCCUPANTS; OF 405 INJURED OCCUPANTS, 141 RECEIVED THEIR LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES AGAINST INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE OCCUPANT'S MOST SERIOUS INJURY WAS RELATED TO CAR MODEL YEAR, AGE OF OCCUPANT, VEHICLE WEIGHT, AND ESTIMATED IMPACT SPEED. STATISTICALLY, REGRESSION ANALYSIS SHOWS VERY STRONG CORRELATION OF THESE VARIABLES AND COLLISION INJURY. IT IS SIGNIFICANT THAT THE NUMBER OF LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES DROPS STEEPLY FOR VEHICLES FROM 1957 THROUGH 1967. REAR SEAT OCCUPANT INJURIES WERE NOT CONSIDERED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper No 680483, 17 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Nahum, A M
  • SIEGEL, A W
  • Hight, P V
  • Brooks, S R
• Publication Date: 1968-5-20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles; Crashes; Front seats; Injuries; Instrument panels; Lower extremities; Mathematical models; Regression analysis; Speed; Traffic crashes; Vehicle occupants; Weight
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Lower extremity
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220800
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 15 1970 12:00AM