Within the ISO/TC22/SC12/WG1 'Child Restraint Systems' and ad-hoc group was founded to develop a test standard for side impact protection for children in child seats. Within this task an international database of accidents with MAIS 2+ injured children has been established. This material, from 10 research institutes, compiling a total database of 139 side impacts of children from 0 - 12 years, has been analyzed. From this sample a selected database with 69 cases has been assembled, where cases with misuse, ejection and catastrophic intrusions have been excluded to focus on accidents with correct working restraint systems. A detailed description of the selected accidents is given. For children sitting in a CRS, severe to critical injuries were observed mostly for head and cervical-spine, whereas 2/3- point belted children showed a higher incidence of thorax and abdominal injuries. Injury causation was analyzed in cases with forward movement of the child and compared between struck-side and non-struck side. Severe head injuries are found in connection with door, intruding object/opponent and A/B pillar contact. First results indicate that young children (0 - 3 years) showed an increased injury risk, therefore the development of a lateral crash standard should have priority with regard to the corresponding ECE groups O+I (US:infant and toddler seats).


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    Title :

    Performance of child restraint systems in real-life lateral collisions


    Additional title:

    Wirksamkeit von Kinderrückhaltesystemen bei realen Seitenkollisionen


    Contributors:
    Langwieder, K. (author) / Hell, W. (author) / Willson, H. (author)


    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    14 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 16 Tabellen, 10 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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