KINEMATICS OF A PEDESTRIAN AND A TWO-WHEELER IMPACTED BY THE FRONT OF A CAR

As might be expected from the accident data available, collisions between a car and a two-wheeled vehicle involve a risk of impact between the head and the vehicle which is higher in fronto-frontal collisions than in fronto-lateral collisions. Furthermore, they occur in zones of the vehicle which are also concerned by impact between the pedestrian's head and the car. In conjunction with the high impact frequency of the lower limbs of the pedestrian and the two-wheeled vehicle rider against the front face of the car, this remark would suggest that common benefit could be derived from possible modifications to the car designed for one or other of these two members of the traffic community. /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:
  • Stcherbatcheff, G
  • Duclos, P
  • Tarriere, C
  • Got, C
  • Patel, A
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 311-321
• Serial:
  • Publication of: IRCOBI SECRETARIAT
  • Publisher: IRCOBI (International Research Council on the Biokinetics of Impacts)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropometry; Biophysics; Conferences; Crash injury research; Crash tests; Cyclists; Design; Dummies; Frontal crashes; Head; Injuries; Injury severity; Kinematics; Leg; Motorcyclists; Pedestrian vehicle interface; Pedestrians; Traffic conflicts; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Front
• ITRD Terms: 1618: Anthropometric dummy; 2060: Biomechanics; 8525: Conference; 1742: Cyclist; 9011: Design (overall design); 9025: Front; 1648: Impact test (crash); 2163: Injury; 2023: Leg (human); 1752: Motorcyclist; 1733: Pedestrian; 1623: Severity (accid, injury)
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I84: Personal Injuries; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148073
• 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