Factors associated with pelvic and knee injuries in pedestrians struck by the fronts of cars.

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

The incidence of pelvic and lower extremity fractures is examined by reference to data extracted from police and hospital records. It is shown that the incidence and number of fractures to the pelvis and the lower extremities is strongly dependent on the age of the struck pedestrian and the speed of the vehicle.

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Library number
B 19775 (In: B 19346 [electronic version only]) /84/91/ IRRD 263982
Source

In: Proceedings of the 25th Stapp Car Crash Conference, San Francisco, California, September 28-30, 1981, p. 863-900, fig., tab., graph., ref.; SAE Paper No. 811026

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