This research uses simulations of vehicle-pedestrian collisions to determine if the risk of pedestrian head injury is greater from impact with the vehicle or from impact with the ground, and to determine the influence of vehicle speed, vehicle type, and pedestrian stance on the injury risk. Five speeds, two vehicle types and four pedestrian stances are examined. In addition, a smaller set of simulations is included to determine the influence of body orientation just prior to ground impact. As anticipated, risk of head injury from both the vehicle and the ground tends to increase with vehicle speed, but injury risk from the ground is less predictable. At lower speeds, the vehicle tends to pose a greater risk of injury than does the ground, while at higher speeds the probability of injury from both the vehicle and ground is typically very large.


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    Titel :

    The Causes of Head Injury in Vehicle-Pedestrian Impacts: Comparing the Relative Danger of Vehicle and Road Surface


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Beteiligte:
    Crandall, Jeff (Autor:in) / Meissner, Mark (Autor:in) / Kendall, Robert (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    SAE 2006 World Congress & Exhibition ; 2006



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2006-04-03




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :




    Simulation study on influence of vehicle-front to responses of a pedestrian in vehicle and road-surface impacts

    Yang, J. / Liu, X. / German Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2000



    Head Injuries in Vehicle-Pedestrian Impact

    Kajzer, Janusz / Mizuno, Koji | SAE Technical Papers | 2000