Abstract Crash pulses were studied of frontal impacts involving 226 adult occupants in Volvo cars equipped with the onboard crash pulse recorder: Digital Accident Research Recorder (DARR). Maximum deltaV as well as mean deceleration and maximum polynomial approximation deceleration (Polmax) were found to be possible impact severity measures for AIS 1 neck injuries. Occupants with AIS 1 neck injuries were found at deltaVmax below 10 km/h, at maximum deceleration below 100 m/s 2 , and at mean deceleration below 20 m/s 2 . This indicates that not only the different impact severity measures influence the injury incidence, but other parameters are influential as well (such as parameters related to occupant characteristics and posture).
Evaluation of impact severity measures for AIS 1 neck injuries in frontal impacts using crash recorder data
2004
Article (Journal)
English
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