Reducing road traffic casualties through improved forensic techniques and vehicle design ("RoaD")

The RoaD pilot study investigated the technical feasibility of creating a unique Pedestrian Trauma Database (PTD). The PTD has the potential to contribute to understanding a pedestrian’s injury assessment and support on-the-spot triage, forensic investigations and grieving families by limiting the use of standard post-mortem (PM). A mathematical model, based on physics and using virtual collisions, was created to validate the potential of a PTD as well as its future implementation. The trauma computer model in this pilot study matched the AIS observed for the five datasets available. The RoaD pilot study therefore concluded that, using this new mathematical trauma method, a PTD of the brain trauma severity and location (Figure 3) was feasible and that, in the future, this method could be extended to the liver, spleen, kidneys and heart. This brain white and grey matter mathematical trauma model devised in the RoaD project will be made available worldwide as part of the Total Human Model for Safety (THUMS) human model suite from spring 2021.

• Record URL:
  https://www.roadsafetytrust.org.uk/funded-projects/17/coventry-university-forensic-techniques
• Corporate Authors:

  Road Safety Trust

  Manchester,    
• Authors:
  • Bastien, C
  • DAVIES, H
  • WELLINGS, R
  • Sturgess, C
• Publication Date: 2021-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 34p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brain; Data collection; Injury severity; Mathematical models; Pedestrians; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Brain; Data collection; Injury severity; Modelling; Pedestrian; Vehicle design
• Subject Areas: Design; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01784321
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB Group Limited
• Report/Paper Numbers: RST 65-3-2017
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 7 2021 4:25PM