VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT STUDY USES COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION

COULD REDESIGN OF AUTOMOBILE EXTERIORS REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN INJURIES AND DEATHS, OR WOULD A CHANGE IN DESIGN SIMPLY ALTER THE TYPE OF INJURY AND PERHAPS BE MORE LETHAL? THESE ARE SOME OF THE BASIC QUESTIONS UNDER CONSIDERATION AT TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY'S TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO ANY SIGNIFICANT PATTERNS WHICH DEVELOP IN THE CAUSES OF INJURIES AND THE EFFECTS OF VEHICLE CONFIGURATION ON SUCH PATTERNS. ONE TYPE OF DESIGN MAY CAUSE A CRUSHING BLOW WHICH COULD BREAK SEVERAL BONES. ANOTHER DESIGN REDUCES THE DIRECT IMPACT BUT COULD FLIP A PERSON UP IN THE AIR AND RESULT IN A HEAD OR OTHER TYPE OF INJURY WHEN HE HITS THE GROUND. A THREE-DIMENSIONAL 31-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF A HUMAN WILL BE USED EXTENSIVELY IN THE CRASH SIMULATION STUDIES. /TTR/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1587330
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 7, No 4, P 10
• Publication Date: 1971-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Texas Transportation Researcher
  • Publisher: Texas Transportation Institute
  • ISSN: 0040-4748

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Injuries; Mathematical models; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Simulation; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223665
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 1972 12:00AM