INJURIES OF OLDER PERSONS IN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS

From statistics on traffic accidents it is shown that aged pedestrians sustain fatal injuries in an above average number of accidents. Of 969 pedestrian accidents occurring in the hannover district in 1973, 23% involved persons over 60 years of age. The aim of this paper is to show the bodily effects resulting from collisions between pedestrians and vehicle of older people, what are the typical injury types and what grade of injury results as compared with those of younger people. /TRRL/

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

  IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

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• Authors:
  • Gotzen, L
  • SUREN, E G
  • Behrens, S
  • Richter, K
  • Stuertz, G
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 81-91
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Aged; Conferences; Crash injury research; Crash severity; Crashes; Fatalities; Head; Injuries; Injury severity; Leg; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Pedestrians; Traffic conflicts
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1757: Age; 8525: Conference; 1602: Fatality; 8125: Germany; 2163: Injury; 2023: Leg (human); 1746: Old people; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148054
• 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