TY  - CONF
A1  - Francisco, Paulo
A1  - Ferreira, Ana
A1  - Portal, Ricardo
A1  - Dias, Joao M. P.
T1  - A methodology to evaluate injury risk and accident conditions from injuries in vehicle-to-pedestrian accidents
N2  - Pedestrians represent about 20% of the overall fatalities in Europe- road traffic accidents. In this paper a methodology is proposed to understand why the numbers are so high, especially in the south of Europe and particularly in Portugal, . First a detailed statistical analysis using Ordinal Logistic Regression model (OLR) was applied to the gathered data from all Portuguese accidents with victims in the period 2010-2012. In a second stage accident reconstruction computational techniques using pedestrian biomechanical models are used to evaluate the accident conditions that lead to the injuries, such as the speed and the impact location. For biomechanical injury criterions, the AIS (Abbreviated Injury Scale), the HIC (Head Injury Criterion) and other injury criterions based on the resulting accelerations in the pedestrian's body are used. The statistical model reported that there were several predictors that significantly influenced the pedestrian injury severity in the event of a road accident, such as Pedestrian's age, Pedestrian's gender, Vehicle Design/Category or Driver's gender. The use of injury scales and biomechanical criterions in in-depth investigation of road accidents, such as AIS, can significantly improve the quality of the reconstruction process.
KW  - Biomechanik
KW  - Deutschland
KW  - Fahrzeug
KW  - Fußgänger
KW  - Konferenz
KW  - Portugal
KW  - Risiko
KW  - Schweregrad (Unfall
KW  - Verletzung)
KW  - Tödlicher Unfall
KW  - Unfall
KW  - Unfallrekonstruktion
KW  - Verletzung
KW  - Accident
KW  - Accident reconstruction
KW  - Biomechanics
KW  - Conference
KW  - Fatality
KW  - Germany
KW  - Injury
KW  - Pedestrian
KW  - Portugal
KW  - Risk
KW  - Severity (accid
KW  - injury)
KW  - Vehicle
Y1  - 2015
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1369
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-13692
ER  -