KINEMATICS OF REAL PEDESTRIAN AND TWO-WHEEL RIDER ACCIDENTS AND SPECIAL ASPECTS OF THE PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT

An investigation of 230 pedestrian and 127 two-wheel rider traffic accidents has shown that knowledge of typical injury models of pedestrians, children as well as adults, provides criteria for use in improving the design of external features of vehicles with the aim of reducing the consequences of accidents. Measures must first be taken concerning the most aggressive vehicle element, followed by development of an optimal vehicle front geometry taking into consideration the most frequently injured body regions of road users. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Meeting on Biomechanics of Injury.
• Corporate Authors:

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

  109 Avenue Salvador Allende
  Bron CEDEX,   France  F-69675
• Authors:
  • Stuertz, G
  • SUREN, E G
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1-23
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Adults; Anthropometry; Anthropometry; Biophysics; Children; Conferences; Crash investigation; Crash severity; Cyclists; Injuries; Injury severity; Kinematics; Motorcyclists; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Minors
• ITRD Terms: 1747: Adult; 2060: Biomechanics; 1758: Child; 8525: Conference; 1742: Cyclist; 2055: Human body; 2163: Injury; 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148048
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM