Citation

Appel H, Hofmann J. Proc. IRCOBI 1977; 5: 251-269.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury)

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Abstract

Due to the improvements of frontal crashworthiness and due to the mandatory belt wearing in more and more countries the problems of side impact gain in priority in the field of occupant protection. The fundament for technical improvements are statistical data. Therefore, recent accident analyses, especially those of In-Depth-Studies, shall be evaluated with regard to the following nowadays interesting aspects: 1) types and configurations of side collisions; 2) impact speeds;
injury patterns; 3) injuries correlated with car and accident parameters compatibility; and 4) biomechanics occupant protection test procedures.

It will be shown that the side impact is not clarified up to now. Some results are confirmed by several authors, but many questions are unsolved, beginning with the definition of side impacts and of impact speeds.

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Impact Trauma. Berlin, Germany. 7,8,9 September 1977

Language: en