VEHICLE POSTCOLLISION CONSIDERATIONS

THE RELATIONSHIP OF VEHICLE DESIGN TO HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IS EXAMINED, INSOFAR AS THEIR RELATIONSHIP AFFECTS INJURY AND THE SUBSEQUENT SURVIVAL OF THE OCCUPANTS IN THE POSTCOLLISION PHASE. THE POST-IMPACT PHASE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR TIME PERIODS: ZERO TIME; A FEW MINUTES AFTER IMPACT; RESCUE OPERATIONS; TOW SERVICE AND SITE CLEAN-UP. HISTORICALLY, ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED UPON MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF EXTRICATION AND TRANSPORTATION OF THE INJURED. POST-COLLISION DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND INFORMATION NEEDS ARE SUGGESTED. SEVENTEEN SUGGESTIONS ARE MADE FOR REDUCING INJURIES AND MAKING ESCAPE FROM WRECKED VEHICLES EASIER. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 1222-1249, 86 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • SIEGEL, A W
  • Nahum, A M
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Injuries; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Postcollision; Wrecks
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223373
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 11 1971 12:00AM