An Investigation of Injury Factors Concerning Drivers in Vehicles Involved in Small-Overlap Frontal Crashes

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SAE 2012 World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
The causes of injuries suffered by drivers in “small-overlap frontal crashes” (SOFC) were examined. These crashes were defined as ones in which vehicles are loaded outside their longitudinal side members. SOFC accident data sets stored in the National Automotive Sampling System-Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS) database were investigated. Percentages of cases sustaining injury to each body region of drivers were calculated, and the differences between the percentages of injury by body region were examined. To investigate the injury mechanisms, SOFC tests with two types of rigid barrier were then conducted. Injury values in each body region were analyzed to validate the reproducibility of SOFC test as a relevant test.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2012-01-0599
Pages
6
Citation
Kikuchi, T., Nakao, T., Watanabe, T., Saeki, H. et al., "An Investigation of Injury Factors Concerning Drivers in Vehicles Involved in Small-Overlap Frontal Crashes," SAE Int. J. Passeng. Cars - Mech. Syst. 5(2):801-806, 2012, https://doi.org/10.4271/2012-01-0599.
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Published
Apr 16, 2012
Product Code
2012-01-0599
Content Type
Journal Article
Language
English