TY  - CONF
A1  - Massie, P.
A1  - Edwards, M.J.
A1  - Richards, D.C.
A1  - Cuerden, R.W.
A1  - Thompson, A.
A1  - Goodarce, O.
T1  - Adult front car occupant thorax injury experience following frontal impacts
N2  - The following paper presents the nature and mechanism of injuries sustained in frontal impacts, focusing on car to car impacts. It was found that the body regions most frequently sustaining severe to fatal injuries were the legs and the thorax. The nature and mechanism of the injury sustained was investigated only for the thorax injuries, due to their potentially life threatening nature. The analysis revealed that the most frequent cause of the injury recorded was the seatbelt for low severity injuries and the front structure of the vehicle for higher severity injuries. An analysis of the effect of load limiter technology in the restraint system showed that the proportion of occupants who sustained "no thorax injury" did not increase when a load limiter was fitted to the restraint system. However, a decrease in the "organ" and "organ and skeletal" injuries was observed in the load limiter sample. Sample size and variation mean that these findings are not conclusive.
KW  - Brustkorb
KW  - Frontalzusammenstoß
KW  - Konferenz
KW  - Pssives Sicherheitssystem
KW  - Sicherheitsgurt
KW  - Schweregrad (Unfall, Verletzung)
KW  - Verletzung
KW  - Conference
KW  - Head on collision
KW  - Injury
KW  - Passive safety system
KW  - Safety belt
KW  - Severity (accid, injury)
KW  - Thorax
Y1  - 2009
UR  - https://bast.opus.hbz-nrw.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/475
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-4753
ER  -