HEAD INJURY IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS RELATED TO SEATED POSITION AND AGE

THIS REPORT PROVIDES AN INVENTORY OF DATA ON HEAD INJURY AMONG 71,445 OCCUPANTS IN 33,831 AUTOMOBILES INVOLVED IN RURAL INJURY ACCIDENTS THROUGH THE YEARS 1953-1965. TABLES AND GRAPHS GIVE CRUDE AND SUMMARY DATA ON FREQUENCY OF INJURY IN GENERAL AND OF HEAD INJURY IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS, RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF VARIOUS SOURCES, SEVERITIES, AND NATURE CATEGORIES OF HEAD INJURY, AND FREQUENCIES OF VARIOUS HEAD TRAUMATA.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • REP NO VJ-1823-R26
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • KIHLBERG, J K
  • GENSLER, H K
• Publication Date: 1967-7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash severity; Head; Injuries; Rural areas; Seats
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224141
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Automotive Crash Injury Research
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM