Brain Injury Risk Assessment of Frontal Crash Test Results

941056

03/01/1994

Event
International Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
An objective, biomechanically based assessment is made of the risks of life-threatening brain injury of frontal crash test results. Published 15 ms HIC values for driver and right front passenger dummies of frontal barrier crash tests conducted by Transport Canada and NHTSA are analyzed using the brain injury risk curve of Prasad and Mertz. Ninety-four percent of the occupants involved in the 30 mph, frontal barrier compliance tests had risks of life-threatening brain injury less than 5 percent. Only 3 percent had risks greater than 16 percent which corresponds to 15 ms HIC > 1000. For belt restrained occupants without head contact with the interior, the risks of life-threatening brain injury were less than 2 percent. In contrast, for the more severe NCAP test condition, 27 percent of the drivers and 21 percent of the passengers had life-threatening brain injury risks greater than 16 percent. However, for belt/air bag restrained occupants the brain injury risks were less than 7 percent.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/941056
Pages
10
Citation
Mertz, H., and Irwin, A., "Brain Injury Risk Assessment of Frontal Crash Test Results," SAE Technical Paper 941056, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941056.
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Published
Mar 1, 1994
Product Code
941056
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English