Comparison of real world side impact collisions which occurred in the United Kingdom and United States.

Author(s)
Hassan, A.M. Mackay, M. Padmanaban, J. & Stone Davis, M.
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Abstract

In this study, two field accident databases are examined to review and contrast some of the characteristics of side impact collisions in the US and Europe. The National Accident Sampling System (NASS) and the Co-operative Crash Injury Study (CCIS) weighted data files illustrate the importance of the characteristics of the striking object not being another car. In the US data pickup trucks (including sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and minivans) are important while in United Kingdom side impact crashes, off road fixed object collisions feature frequently. Neither of the current full-scale mobile barrier test requirements fully address the reality of current moderate (Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 2) or serious to fatal (AIS 3-6) side impact collisions. Delta-V (velocity change) distributions from both databases give indications of the conditions which future regulations should address. (A)

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C 15338 (In: C 15331 S) /80 /84 /91 / IRRD E203518
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In: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Barcelona (Sitges), Spain, September 20-21, 1999, p. 89-100, 9 ref.

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