Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States for people ages 3-33, and rollover crashes have a higher fatality rate than any other crash mode. At the request and under the sponsorship of Ford Motor Company, Autoliv conducted a series of dynamic rollover tests on Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles (SUV) during 1998 and 1999. Data from those tests were made available to the public and were analyzed in this study to investigate the magnitude of and the temporal relationship between roof deformation, lap-shoulder seat belt loads, and restrained anthropometric test dummy (ATD) neck loads. During each of the three FMVSS 208 dolly rollover tests of Ford Explorer SUVs, the far-side, passenger ATDs exhibited peak neck compression and flexion loads, which indicated a probable spinal column injury in all three tests. In those same tests, the near-side, driver ATD neck loads never predicted a potential injury. In all three tests, objective roof/ pillar deformation occurred prior to the occurrence of peak neck loads (Fz, My) for far-side, passenger ATDs, and peak neck loads were predictive of probable spinal column injury. The production lap and shoulder seat belts in the SUVs, which restrained both driver and passenger ATDs, consistently allowed ATD head contact with the roof while the roof was contacting the ground during this 1000 ms test series. Local peak neck forces and moments were noted each time the far-side, passenger ATD head contacted ('dived into') the roof while the roof was in contact with the ground; however, the magnitude of these local peaks was only 2-13 % of peak neck loads in all three tests. 'Diving-type' neck loads were not predictive of injury for either driver or passenger ATD in any of the three tests.


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    Title :

    Occupant dynamics in rollover crashes: Influence of roof deformation and seat belt performance on probable spinal column injury


    Additional title:

    Insassendynamik von Überschlagunfällen: Einfluß der Dachverformung und der Gurt-Performanz auf wahrscheinliche Wirbelsäulenverletzung


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    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    16 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 4 Tabellen, 29 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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