Comparative head injury risk analysis for cyclists wearing helmets during collisions: Real-world case investigations
- Cycle helmets have continued to increase in popularity since their introduction half a century ago. Many studies indicate that overall, head injury can be significantly reduced by wearing them. This study was conducted using two distinct sets of real-world cycling collision data from Ireland, namely cases involving police collision reports and cases involving admission to a hospital emergency department. The analyses sought to simulate and analyse the protective performance of cycle helmets in such collision scenarios, by comparing the Head Injury Criterion score and peak head accelerations, both linear and angular. Cycle collisions were simulated using the specialised commercial software MADYMO. From the simulation results, these key metrics were compared between the same-scenario helmeted and unhelmeted cyclist models. Results showed that the inclusion of bicycle helmets reduced linear accelerations very significantly, but also increased angular accelerations significantly compared to unhelmeted situations. Given the modest protective performance of cycle helmets against angular accelerations, it is recommended that cycle helmet manufacturers and international test standards need to pay more attention to head angular accelerations.
Verfasserangaben: | Thin T. Than, Michael D. Gilchrist |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-6214 |
Dokumentart: | Konferenzveröffentlichung |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 05.09.2013 |
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 2013 |
Beteiligte Körperschaft: | School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering <Dublin> |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 05.09.2013 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Beschleunigung; Deutschland; Konferenz; Kopf; Radfahrer; Risiko; Schutzhelm; Simulation; Tödlicher Unfall; Unfallrekonstruktion; Verletzung Acceleration; Conference; Crash helmet; Cyclist; Fatality; Germany; Head; Injury; Reconstruction (accid); Risk; Simulation |
Quelle: | 5th International Conference on ESAR 2012 |
Institute: | Sonstige / Sonstige |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 36 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste / 360 Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste; Verbände |
collections: | BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 84 Personenschäden |
BASt-Beiträge / Tagungen / International Conference on ESAR / 5th International Conference on ESAR | |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | BASt / Link zum Urhebergesetz |