Citation

Dalby T, Petersen EA, Nordentoft EL. Proc. IRCOBI 1973; 1: 199-212.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to elucidate which role different collision situations played in the infliction of lesions upon persons involved in car accidents within a well- defined hospital district. From the same material we have tried to gather further knowledge about the relative importance of varioue preventive measures.

The lesions inflicted upon 1370 occupants in private cars are analyzed. There was no major influence upon lesions according to location in the car. Safety belt users acquired significantly less severe lesions than non-users. In 596 cases the accident situation was obtained from the police records. The lesions did not vary significantly what anatomical location was concerned according to varying accident situations. Description of the damage on the car in which the lesions were inflicted was available for 355 casualties. This material showed an excess number of frontal impacts. Relatively more severe lesions were acquired in transverse impacts, although the type of lesions were the same. Right side impacts were significantly more common than left side impacts. The degree of internal damage to the car had significant influence upon lesion severity, while the distance from the occupant to the point of impact did not have major influence.