Lap-shoulder restraint effectiveness in the United States.

Author(s)
Nelson, W.D.
Year
Abstract

Eighteen of the most severe examples of injury and damage concerning vehicle collisions involving at least one occupant wearing a lap-shoulder safety belt are described. Of these cases, 60% of the vehicles involved had suffered damage associated with occupant injury, although in fact 99% of the safety belt users had either no injury or only minor injury. It is shown how the use of different safety belt configurations such as lap-belt, lap-shoulder belt or refusal to wear safety belts affects the severity of injuries.

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A 9895 fo IRRD 42478
Source

New York, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1971, 8 p., fig., tab., 4 ref. Presented at the Automotive Engineering Congress, Detroit, Mich., January 11-15, 1971 SAE No. 710077.

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