Evaluation of Occupant Response and Injury Metrics for Pole Crash Scenarios
Vehicle impacts with fixed roadside structures such as poles can result in severe injuries and represent a significant portion of road fatalities in North America. The Fatality Analysis Reporting System reported 1113 crashes involving poles in the United States in 2009, which resulted in 1759 fatalities. The current North American response metrics include Ride‐Down Acceleration (RA, average acceleration over 10ms) and Occupant Impact Velocity (OIV, approximate impact velocity between the occupant and vehicle interior), which infers occupant response from the vehicle kinematics. To improve the crash safety of pole structures, it is essential to understand occupant response and how it relates to the accepted response metrics.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract reprinted with permission of IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury).
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Corporate Authors:
International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI)
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Authors:
- Lockhart, Philip A
- Cronin, Duane S
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Conference:
- 2012 IRCOBI Conference
- Location: Dublin , Ireland
- Date: 2012-9-12 to 2012-9-14
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: 1p
- Monograph Title: 2012 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings
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Serial:
- IRCOBI Conference Proceedings
- Publisher: International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury (IRCOBI)
- ISSN: 2235-3151
- Serial URL: http://www.ircobi.org/proceedings.php
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Computer models; Crash injuries; Crash victim simulation; Occupant kinetics; Poles (Supports)
- Identifier Terms: Occupant Impact Velocity
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01484699
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: IRC-12-23
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 22 2013 3:05PM