Risk of injury for occupants of motor vehicle collisions from unbelted occupants

Risk of injury for occupants of motor vehicle collisions from unbelted occupants.

OBJECTIVE Unbelted occupants may increase the risk of injury for other occupants in a motor vehicle collision (MVC). This study evaluated the association between occupant restraint use and the risk of injury (including death) to other vehicle occupants. DESIGN A population based cohort study. SETTING United States. SUBJECTS MVC occupants (n = 152 191 unweighted, n = 18 426 684 weighted) s...

[Traumatic brain injury: differences among pedestrians and motor vehicle occupants].

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to discover the differences among victims who had traumatic brain injury due to traffic accidents. METHODS Medical record of the head injury patients were analyzed according to their classification as traffic accident victims (pedestrian, motorcyclist or passenger and other motor vehicle deriver or passenger), age, gender, admission type (admitted from ...

Evaluation of thoracic injuries in older motor vehicle occupants.

The Effects of Thin-Walled Structure on Vehicle Occupants’ Safety and Vehicle Crashworthiness

This article investigates the effects of using a thin-walled structure in the chassis front rails in the automotive industry. In frontal accidents, the front rails of the vehicle chassis, increases vehicle crash-worthiness and occupants’ safety by plastic deformation, energy absorption, increasing the crash duration and reducing the load and injuries to the occupants. The objective is to ...

Mortality of front-seat occupants attributable to unbelted rear-seat passengers in car crashes.

The risk of death of unbelted rear-seat occupants is obviously increased in car crashes. However, there is little epidemiological evidence that unbelted rear-seat occupants will also increase the risk of death of front-seat passengers. We compared risk of death and severe injury of front-seat occupants in car crashes with belted or unbelted rear-seat passengers. The risk of death of belted fron...