THE INFLUENCE OF RESTRAINT SYSTEMS ON GLASS INJURIES TO CAR OCCUPANTS

DER EINFLUSS VON RUECKHALTESYSTEMEN AUF GLASVERLETZUNGEN VON PKW-INSASSEN

Actual traffic accidents were subjected to inter-disciplinary accident research and analysed with regard to injuries from safety glass. It was found that of 1200 car occupants not wearing safety belts, 238 were injured by glass; in a comparative group of 200 occupants wearing belts, 29 were injured. Dominating the injury spectra were wounds involving cuts in the neck-head area caused by single-pane safety glass in windscreens. In cases of injuries arising from laminated safety glass it was found that injuries to soft body parts were less frequent than skull injuries. Six perforated eye injuries and three fatal cut wounds in the head-neck region, which were only found in the normal single-pane safety glass, stress the special dangers. Glass injuries were almost exclusively observed in the case of head-on collisions or where the restraint system was not functioning. (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Behrens, S
  • Tryba, M
  • OTTE, D
  • Gotzen, L
  • SUREN, E G
• Publication Date: 1978-7

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 502-7
• Serial:
  • Unfallheilkundel Traumatology
  • Volume: 81
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag
  • ISSN: 0341-5694

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Automobiles; Binder content; Biophysics; Bituminous mixtures; Crashes; Fines (Materials); Frontal crashes; Glass; Gravel; Injuries; Laboratories; Manual safety belts; Minerals; Modulus of elasticity; Safety glass; Tests; Vehicle occupancy; Vehicle occupants; Windshields
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 2060: Biomechanics; 1243: Car; 1640: Head on collision; 2163: Injury; 1476: Safety belt; 1447: Safety glass; 1715: Vehicle occupant
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309476
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1980 12:00AM