Vehicle Parts Causing Injuries to Front-Seat Car Passengers in Lateral Impact 841651
220 accidents involving 224 vehicles in a lateral impact were analysed at the site of accident. Patterns and severity of injuries to passengers were analysed. With the help of this systematic analysis it was possible to establish a classification of influential parameters responsible for injuries occurring from a lateral impact. The seating position of the passengers, the vehicle weight, the impact direction, the impact point on the vehicle, use of safety belt, speed reduction of the vehicle at the time of collision as wall as the degree of intrusion into the passenger compartment were included in the evaluation.
The study is also of importance for the forensic medicine expert. The data and information can be used to clarify the question of seating positions in accident vehicles as well as the reduction of injury severities by the use of safety belts.
Citation: Otte, D., Suren, E., Appel, H., and Nehmzow, J., "Vehicle Parts Causing Injuries to Front-Seat Car Passengers in Lateral Impact," SAE Technical Paper 841651, 1984, https://doi.org/10.4271/841651. Download Citation
Author(s):
Dietmar Otte, Ernst-Günther Suren, Hermann Appel, Joachim Nehmzow
Affiliated:
Unfallchirurgische Klinik, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Institut für Fahrzeugtechnik, Technische Universität Berlin
Pages: 12
Event:
28th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1984)
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Twenty-Eighth Stapp Car Crash Conference Proceedings-P-152
Related Topics:
Safety belts
Injuries
Passenger compartments
Seats and seating
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