ANATOMICAL FACTORS IN LAP/SASH SEAT BELT WEARING

The compulsory use of lap/sash seat belts has improved crash protection of car occupants but belts do not always provide absolute protection and, although they assist in prevention of severe injury to head and thorax, they can produce other injuries in some crashes. An investigation of anatomical aspects of lap strap fit is reported. Radiographic techniques were employed to determine the relative dispositions of the bony pelvic structure and of the seat belt. Examinations of surface anatomy were used to demonstrate the effects of changes in seat belt geometry. It is concluded that lap strap fit can be assessed from surface anatomy by a simple technique; that the most satisfactory seat belt geometry requires a lap strap to be steeply inclined when viewed from the side; that the existing ADR specification of seat belt geometry should be revised on the basis of locations of anatomical landmarks. (A) /TRRL/

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  New South Wales Dept of Motor Transport, Australia

  Traffic Accident Research Unit, 56 Rothschild Ave, Roseberry
  Rosebery, New South Wales,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Holt, B W
  • Stott, J D
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 48 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: New South Wales Dept of Motor Transport, Australia
  • Publisher: New South Wales Dept of Motor Transport, Australia
  • ISSN: 0314-9846

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anatomy; Anchorages; Anthropometry; Anthropometry; Biophysics; Bones; Cargo handling; Design; Drivers; Head; Highway transportation; Hip; Injuries; Leg; Manual safety belts; Muscles; Posture; Radiography; Safety; Seats; Thorax
• Old TRIS Terms: Safe handling; Seat (Car)
• ITRD Terms: 3420: Anchorage; 2060: Biomechanics; 2022: Bone; 9011: Design (overall design); 2003: Hip (human); 2055: Human body; 2163: Injury; 2023: Leg (human); 2032: Muscle; 2094: Posture; 1476: Safety belt; 1388: Seat (veh)
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165706
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Research Rpt No 7/76Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 18 1978 12:00AM