Collisions of heavy trucks against cars, two- wheelers and pedestrians.

Author(s)
Walz, F.H. Strub, C. Baumann, W. & Marty, W.
Year
Abstract

Collisions of heavy trucks with cars, two-wheelers and pedestrians are analyzed with regard to their frequency, their injury potential and collision mechanisms. 129 crashes of trucks with other four-wheel-vehicles (totally 163 injured occupants and 247 vehicles) were analyzed in detail. The most dangerous impact configuration was truck-front to car-front; therefore deformable underrun protection elements in the front would have a much higher injury reduction potential for car occupants than the classical rear underrun protection bars.

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Publication

Library number
B 30605 (In: B 30601) /80 /84 /91 / IRRD 834450
Source

In: Proceedings of the 1990 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts, Bron-Lyon, France, September 12-13-14, 1990, p. 37-44, 22 ref.

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