The cause and nature of head injuries sustained by pedestrians.

Author(s)
Ashton, S.J.
Year
Abstract

For pedestrians struck by cars the following conclusions are made: children sustain less severe injuries than adults at high impact speeds and this is mainly due to their sustaining less servere head injuries; for both children and adults the head is the body area sustaining life-threatening or fatal injuries; life-threatening or fatal head injuries are often more caused by vehicle contact than road contact; and the windscreen frame is responsible for most of the life-threatening or fatal head injuries caused by vehicle contact.

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B 8468 (In: B 8199) /84/ IRRD 217051
Source

In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Biomechanics of Trauma (IRCOBI), Birmingham, 1975, p. 101-113, 1 fig., 10 tab., 13 ref.

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