This study examines some of the factors associated with soft tissue neck injuries in the UK. The data were drawn from a retrospective study of vehicle crash injuries in which the overall soft tissue neck injury rate was 16%. This study shows how although it is commonly assumed that such injuries are a rear impact phenomenon, over 50% of the injuries occur in frontal crashes. In front and rear impacts, these injuries are undoubtedly associated with seat-belt use. The incidence of neck injury has been shown to double over the ten-year period of the study with the effect more prominent in females. Such injuries are also more likely to be self-reported than clinically diagnosed. Head restraints have not been found to mitigate neck injuries in either front or rear impacts at a statistically significant level. A slight but non-significant trend towards reduced neck injury rates is observed in cases of seat back yielding in a rear impact.


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    Title :

    Neck Injuries in the UK Co-operative Crash Injury Study


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    40th Stapp Car Crash Conference (1996) ; 1996



    Publication date :

    1996-11-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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