A STUDY OF INJURIES RELATED TO PADDING ON INSTRUMENT PANELS

OCCUPANTS IN IDENTICAL MAKE CARS WITH AND WITHOUT PANEL PADDING WERE MATCHED AND COMPARED. RESULTS INDICATE THAT IN FORWARD-FORCE ACCIDENTS IN THE NOT-TOO-SEVERE RANGE, PADDING IS BENEFICIAL IN REDUCING OR PREVENTING INJURIES. SEVERE AND FATAL INJURIES OCCUR WITH ALMOST EQUAL (LOW) FREQUENCY WHETHER OR NOT THE PANEL IS PADDED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT MORE IMPROVEMENT WILL BE NECESSARY BEFORE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL BE CHANGED FROM ITS PROMINANT ASSOCIATION WITH INJURY IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No VJ-1823-R2
• Corporate Authors:

  Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Incorporated

  4455 Genesee Street
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14221
• Authors:
  • Campbell, B J
• Publication Date: 1963-8

Subject/Index Terms

• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224149
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Automotive Crash Injury Research
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1973 12:00AM