Citation

Ashton SJ. Proc. IRCOBI 1975; 3: 101-113.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

For pedestrians struck by cars the following conclusions are made: children sustain less severe injuries than adults at high impact speeds and this is mainly due to their sustaining less severe head injuries; for both children and adults the head is the body area sustaining life-threatening or fatal injuries; life-threatening or fatal head injuries are often more caused by vehicle contact than road contact; and the windscreen frame is responsible for most of the life-threatening or fatal head injuries caused by vehicle contact. TRRL/