SOME INJURY MECHANISMS IN NEW CAR COLLISIONS

AUTOMOBILE CRASHES INVOLVING CARS OF THE PRESENT AND PAST MODEL YEAR WERE INVESTIGATED. IT WAS FOUND THAT BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FEATURES OF THE NEWER MODEL CARS, OCCUPANT INJURIES WERE MARKEDLY REDUCED IN EXTENT AND SEVERITY. OCCUPANT EJECTION VIA DOOR OPENINGS IS MARKEDLY REDUCED DUE TO CHANGES IN THE LOCK STRIKER MECHANISM. THE ENERGY ABSORBING STEERING COLUMN, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PADDING, THE NEW THICKER LAMINATE WINDSHIELD AND OTHER SAFETY FEATURES ARE ALL CONTRIBUTING TO THE REDCUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF FATAL INJURIES AND DECREASING THE SEVERITY OF OTHER INJURIES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • FIFTEENTH CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
• Authors:
  • Huelke, D F
  • Sherman, H W
• Conference:
  • American Association for Automotive Medicine, 15th Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 8-26
• Serial:
  • Volume: 15th proc

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash severity; Injuries; Prevention; Safety; Vehicle characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221824
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1973 12:00AM