Previous research in crash injury severity analysis has largely focused on level of injury severity sustained by the driver of the vehicle or the most severely injured occupant of the vehicle. While such studies are undoubtedly useful, they do not provide a comprehensive picture of the injury profile of all vehicular occupants in crash-involved vehicles. This limits the ability to devise safety...

Frontal crashes can be classified as full, offset, or small overlap impacts. Although the former two impacts have received considerable attention in crashworthiness and promulgation of worldwide standards, small overlap crashes have undergone limited analyses from field and laboratory investigation perspectives. The objective of the present study was to analyze small overlap impacts using data ...

Research Question/Objective: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is actively studying the implementation of Advanced Automatic Collision Notification (AACN) systems in motor vehicles. This technology allows motor vehicles to notify a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), such as a 911 call center, in the event of a severe crash. The system provides crash location, vehicle...

Abstract Crash tests of vehicles are specified by government programs. This laws includes only minimum requirements for individual components. Therefore additional consumer protection load cases have been developed independent private institutes. Finite element method simulations can reduce development periods and the number cost-intensive real crash tests. The goals calculations that early det...

2. Vehicles can be designed to provide crash protection to the occu little or no penalty to the weight and cost of the vehicle. 3. Vehicle crashworthiness can be improved by providing the principles to designers and by emphasizing the importance of this design responsibility. Decisions and design choices can then be · and in cases where two or more comparable choices are possible, the in favor ...

This is a summary of a paper which first appeared in the International Journal of Crashworthiness under the title: “Side Impact Protection Occupants in the Far-Side Seat”, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp 93-122. Readers are directed to the full paper for a more comprehensive discussion of the issues presented here. Much of the applied vehicle side impact occupant protection research to date has concentrated ...

A survey and observational study was conducted with 29 people who remain seated in their wheelchair when driving (21) or riding as a front-row passenger (8) in their personal vehicle. Each subject was observed and surveyed in their own personal vehicle that has been modified for use by occupants seated in wheelchairs. Our survey obtained responses on issues related to occupant restraint (seat b...

Obtaining proper occupant restraint fit when using a wheelchair as a motor vehicle seat is often difficult to attain with vehicle-mounted restraint systems. The comprehensive evaluation conducted in this study illustrates the occupant crash protection benefits of wheelchair-integrated restraint systems, as compared to vehicle-mounted restraint systems. Using computer crash simulation, occupant ...

INTRODUCTION Injuries and fatalities due to large truck and other vehicle crashes have decreased over the last decade, but motor vehicle injuries remain a leading cause of death for both the working and general populations. The present study was undertaken to determine semi truck driver and sleeper berth passenger injury risk in a moving semi truck collision using a matched-pair cohort study. ...

Suicide by means of a motor vehicle occurs more frequently than is generally realized, and may be difficult to prove. Suicide by other means while driving a motor vehicle is far less frequent. Only two cases of suicide by gunshot while driving an automobile have been previously, and recently, reported. The author reports two additional cases of suicide by gunshot while driving a motor vehicle. ...