Citation

Bozicevic J. J. Traffic Med. 1988; 16(1-2): 17-24.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine)

DOI

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Abstract

This paper analyses pedestrian kinematics after impact with a vehicle. The effects upon pedestrian trajectory after impact of various factors such as the frontal geometry of the vehicle involved in the accident are discussed briefly. Studies show the pedestrian's body increases speed to almost the speed of the vehicle at the moment of impact. Speed decreases at secondary impact (that is when the pedestrian hits the ground). With regard to the secondary impact, vehicles with a wedge shaped or with a box shaped frontal structure are more dangerous. The least dangerous frontal geometry is a pontoon shape, with slightly curved upper edges and a relatively long bonnet. The speed with which the pedestrian skids along the ground after impact depends on the type and condition of the pavement surface and on the pedestrian's clothes.

Language: en

Keywords

Injuries; Injury; Pedestrians; Pedestrian