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Rear Impact Air Bag Protection System
Technical Paper
1999-01-1066
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
At least 160 reports and documents have been written on rear impact crashes and occupant protection since 1964. Reviewing automotive crash safety research has identified the importance of reducing relative motion between the head, neck, and torso. Although rear impact accidents produce relatively few severe injuries, National Automotive Sampling System (NASS) Crashworthiness Data System (CDS) data base analysis has determined that rear impact accidents are second only to frontal impacts in terms of cost to society.
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Citation
Keller, G. and Miller, H., "Rear Impact Air Bag Protection System," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-1066, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-1066.Also In
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