Citation

Backaitis SH, Stephens MM. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1976; 20: 350-366.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

To establish a profile of automobile and small truck occupants involved in injury accidents, the Multi-Disciplinary Accident Investigation (MDAI) files containing 11,278 injuries were interrogated for frequency distribution of injury as a function of seating location, sex, age, weight and height of occupants. The data indicates that the average injured occupant is 20-24 years of age, male, has a weight of 168 lbs. and is 69.2 in. high. While the mean weight and height of the injured population correlate well with the mean of the U.S. population, the data shows greater incidence of injury to taller and heavier occupants. The male and female occupants have in general similar distributions of injury severity. The data is organized to identify occupant positions in the vehicle in injury producing accidents, and to provide some anthropometric criteria for the design of occupant restraint systems.