Determination of the Significance of Roof Crush on Head and Neck Injury to Passenger Vehicle Occupants in Rollover Crashes
Date Published: 1995-02-01
Paper Number:950655
DOI: 10.4271/950655
Citation:
Rains, G. and Kanianthra, J., "Determination of the Significance of Roof Crush on Head and Neck Injury to Passenger Vehicle Occupants in Rollover Crashes," SAE Technical Paper 950655, 1995, doi:10.4271/950655.
Author(s):
Glen C. Rains - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Joseph N. Kanianthra - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Abstract:
A comparative study between belted rollover occupants who did and did not receive head injuries from roof contact was conducted using the National Accident Sampling System (NASS) database. The main objective was to determine if headroom reduction increases the risk of head injury. Headroom was determined for 155 belted occupants involved in rollover crashes of vehicles which were then weighted to make them representative of national estimates. Results showed that headroom was reduced more in those crashes where the occupant had head injuries than in cases where there were no head injuries. It was concluded that the risk of head injury increased with reduced headroom. Furthermore, it was observed that when the initial headroom was higher, the incidence of head injury was reduced.
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