Results from previously published studies and analyses of selected automated accident data files were combined to determine what percentage of heavy truck accidents involve significant injury to truck occupants, and which subsets are amenable to application of occupant crash protection technology. Details of injury causation were provided by analyses of the CPIR-B heavy truck file, which was recoded for the study. Consistent with previous studies of heavy truck injury causation, the primary injury sources were identified as ejection, entrapment, and contact with the steering assembly. Relative to injured drivers of other vehicle types, heavy truck occupants were found to be more prone to multiple injuries, resulting in part from the multiple-impact nature of heavy truck accidents. Approaches to improved occupant crash protection are discussed. Recommendations are made for the development of useable restraint systems as a first priority in countermeasure development.


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    Title :

    Study of Heavy Truck Occupant Crash Protection: Accident Data Analyses


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    Publication date :

    1983


    Size :

    102 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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