How people sit in cars: implications for driver and passenger safety in lateral collisions : the case for advanced restraints.

Author(s)
Stabler, K.M. Cullen, E. MacKay, G.M. & Parkin, S.
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Abstract

This paper reports on how front seat occupants sit in cars relative to the B-pillar and cant rail. Car occupants were filmed unobtrusively in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK). The results showed that 10.9% of drivers in the US, 2.9% of passengers in the US, and 7.2% of UK passengers had the top of the head level with or above the level of the cant rail. In addition, it was found that 42% of UK front seat passengers, 27.5% of US front seat passengers, and 18% of US drivers sit with their shoulder in line with or rearward of the B-pillar. The findings of the study clearly have implications for occupant safety in a side impact, and give support to an advanced restraint approach to side impact protection. (A)

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C 12632 (In: C 12610) /83 /84 /91 / IRRD E201304
Source

In: Proceedings of the 1996 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts, Dublin, Ireland, September 11-13, 1996, p. 321-336, 14 ref.

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