Citation

Haynes AL, Lissner HR. Proc. Am. Assoc. Automot. Med. Annu. Conf. 1961; 5: 158-170.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1961, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

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Abstract

Data compiled on automotive accidents showed that head injuries were suffered by approximately 70 percent of the occupants hurt in injury-producing accidents. The head injury sustained by these occupants was of dangerous-to-fatal grade in over 10 percent of the cases which listed the degree of injury. To study the head impact mechanism and evaluate the characteristics of the injury inflicted, Ford Motor Company sponsored a series of head impact studies at the Medical College of Wayne State University.

In the preliminary series of medical tests, heads alone were used. Later studies employed the complete cadaver to better simulate the head impact of an occupant during an automobile accident. Skulls were X-rayed after impact to determine when a fracture occurred and instrumentation was used to record the amplitude and duration of the deceleration developed during each impact.