Influence of vehicle properties on neck injuries in rear-end collisions
- Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis <Tokyo>rnAbstract: Analyses were conducted to clarify the features of rear-end collisions, using an integrated accident database developed by the Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis (ITARDA). Focusing on neck injuries in rear-end collisions, analyses were made of the relation to struck-vehicle properties. Regarding the relation to the initial year of registration, the results did not show that newer vehicles tended to have a lower no-neck-injury rate, which was defined in this study as an index. On the contrary, in some passenger car classes, it was observed that the no-neck-injury rate was higher in newer vehicles. The effect of an active head restraint system, which is one type of anti-whiplash device, was analyzed by using not only the no-neck-injury rate but also a regression analysis. The results showed that the effect of an active head restraint system on suppressing the incidence of neck injuries was statistically significant.rn
Author: | Yoichi Watanabe |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:opus-bast-4160 |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2012/08/01 |
Year of first publication: | 2007 |
Contributing corporation: | Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis <Tokyo> |
Release Date: | 2012/08/01 |
Tag: | Auffahrunfall; Halswirbel; Japan; Konferenz; Kopfstütze; Leistungsfähigkeit (allg); Passives Sicherheitssystem; Regressionsanalyse Cervical vertebrae; Conference; Efficiency; Head restraint; Japan; Passive safety system; Rear end collision; Regression analysis |
Source: | 2nd International Conference on ESAR "Expert Symposium on Accident Research", S. 282-290 |
Institutes: | Sonstige / Sonstige |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
collections: | BASt-Beiträge / ITRD Sachgebiete / 91 Fahrzeugkonstruktion |
Licence (German): | BASt / Link zum Urhebergesetz |