TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Comparison of the landing kinematics of pedestrians and cyclists during ground impact determined from vehicle collision video records
JO  - International journal of vehicle safety
A1  - Han, Yong
A1  - Li, Quan
A1  - Qian, Yubin
A1  - Zhou, Dayong
A1  - Svensson, Mats Y.
SP  - 212
EP  - 234
VL  - 10
IS  - 3/4
N2  - The purpose of this study was to investigate the landing kinematics (LK) of pedestrians and cyclists and to provide an analysis of the influencing factors. A total of 112 pedestrian cases and 51 cyclist cases with video information were analysed. The results showed that the pedestrians' and cyclists' landing kinematics depends on the vehicle front-end shape and impact velocity. In this LK1, the pedestrian/cyclist body had a clear rotation speed during ground contact. In this case, 71% of the cyclists and 39% of the pedestrians were found head firstly contact to the ground. In the most frequent LK2, the pedestrian/cyclist was thrown upward-forward and then landed without rotational speed (46% of all pedestrian and 49% of all cyclist cases). Research on the relation between the vehicle front shape and the LK of pedestrians/cyclists can guide the safety design of a motor vehicle for reducing head injury risk.     Keywords: pedestrian accident; cyclist accident; accidents videos; landing kinematics.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1479-3105
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVS.2018.097708
ID  - ref1
ER  -