Abstract
A detailed examination of hard copy accident files from 1981-85 NASS was conducted to ascertain the nature of steering assembly induced facial trauma suffered by restrained drivers. The following aspects were included: the steering wheel contact location responsible for these injuries; the distributions of injury type, anatomical location, and injury severity; injury frequency as a function of crash severity; and the significance of facial skeleton injuries. This paper also summarizes the results of experimental efforts to evaluate the probability of sustaining facial injury in steering wheel impacts. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference, see IRRD 837684.