This content is not included in
your SAE MOBILUS subscription, or you are not logged in.
Roof Crush Versus Occupant Injury From 1988 to 1992 NASS
Annotation ability available
Sector:
Language:
English
Abstract
Rollover accidents account for a large number of serious to fatal injuries annually. In the past, these injuries were often the result of unrestrained occupant ejection. Subsequent to mandatory belt use laws, a larger percentage of these injuries occur inside the vehicle, and the head and neck areas sustain a substantial number of these injuries.
An analytical effort to understand rollover injuries, using the field accident data of the NASS files and residual headroom as an indicator, was reported by the authors at the 1996 ESV conference in Melbourne, Australia. This paper describes the relationship between roof crush and restrained occupant injury in rollover accidents as derived from the analysis of 1988-1992 NASS files. It extends the residual headroom parameter to the entire population of head, face and neck occupants injured inside the compartment.1
Recommended Content
Authors
Citation
Friedman, D. and Friedman, K., "Roof Crush Versus Occupant Injury From 1988 to 1992 NASS," SAE Technical Paper 980210, 1998, https://doi.org/10.4271/980210.Also In
References
- Friedman, K. Friedman, D. Improved Vehicle Design for the Prevention of Severe Head and Neck Injuries to Restrained Occupants in Rollover Accidents 1996 ESV Conference, Paper No. 96-S5-O-14
- Mackay G.M. Tampen I.D. Field Studies of Rollover Performance SAE #700417 1970
- Huelke D.F. Marsh J.C. Sherman H. Analysis of Rollover Accident Factors and Injury Causation Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) 1971
- Accident Reviews Rollovers Ford Automotive Safety Research Dept., Engineering Staff, Impact Dynamics Dept. November 30 1967
- Ford Experimental Safety Vehicle
- GM's Comments in Response to NPRM Roof Intrusion Standards (fmvss 216) 1971
- GM Experimental Safety Vehicle, Final Report
- Huelke D.F. et. al. “Injury Causation in Rollover Accidents,” Proceedings of the 17th Conference of AAAM 1973
- Melvin, JW Discussion of SAE 820244 Crash Protection, SAE SP-513 1982
- Partyka, S. Rollovers and Injury on the NCSS File National Center for Statistics and Analysis, NHTSA October 1978
- Friedman, K. Friedman D. Statistical Analysis of Injured Occupants by Seating Position & Location of Roof Deformation 1986
- Friedman D Friedman K Roof Collapse and the Risk of Severe Head and Neck Injury 13th Experimental Safety Vehicle Conference 1991
- Friedman D Friedman K The Causal Relationship in Rollover Accidents Between Vehicle Geometry, Intrusion, Padding, Restraints and Head and Neck Injury Comments to NHTSA Rollover Prevention Docket No. 91-63 August 16 1994
- Friedman D Light Truck and Van (LTV) Rollover Safety August 16 1994
- Friedman D et al. Enhanced Safety for Light Trucks and Vans 14th Enhanced Safety Vehicle Conference May 1994
- Friedman D Mitigation of Head and Neck Trauma ASME Biomechanics of Trauma Conference June 1993
- Friedman K et al. Improved Vehicle Design for the Prevention of Severe Head and Neck Injuries to Restrained Occupants in Rollover Accidents Paper # 96-S5-O-14 ESV Conference Melbourne, Australia 1996
- Herbst B et al. Ability of 3 Point Safety Belts to Restrain Occupants in Rollover Crashes 16th ESV Conference 1996
- Rechnitzer, G. Lane, J. Rollover Crash Study - Vehicle Design and Occupant Injuries Monash University 15th ESV Conference 1996
- Rains, G. Kanianthra, J. Determination of the Significance of Roof Crush on Head and Neck Injury to Passenger Vehicle Occupants in Rollover Crashes SAE 950655 1995
- Friedman, K. Vehicle Structural Design Utilizing Optimized Finite Element Modeling SAE 1998
- Friedman, D. Herbst, B. Rollover Roof Contact Velocity Analysis SAE 980211 1998
- Herbst, B. Forrest, S. Meyer, S. Strength Improvements to Automotive Roof Components SAE 980209 1998
- Friedman, D. Chng, D. Human Subject Experiments in Occupant Response to Rollover with Reduced Headroom SAE 980212 1998