Trend of Rear Occupant Protection in Frontal Crashes over Model Years of Vehicles

2009-01-0377

04/20/2009

Event
SAE World Congress & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
The National Automotive Sampling System’s Crashworthiness Data System (NASS CDS) was used to study rear occupant injuries in frontal crashes. The risks of injury for the rear passengers of different age groups were calculated and compared to the risks of injury for the front occupants. Furthermore, the risks of injury were investigated for the rear and front adult occupants over model years of vehicles. Distribution of injuries among body regions and vehicle contact points were also investigated for the rear adult occupants. While the rear occupants were more protected than the front occupants in most of the groups studied, an increasing trend was observed in the risk of injury of the rear adult occupants over the model years of the vehicles.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-0377
Pages
8
Citation
Esfahani, E., and Digges, K., "Trend of Rear Occupant Protection in Frontal Crashes over Model Years of Vehicles," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-0377, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-0377.
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Published
Apr 20, 2009
Product Code
2009-01-0377
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English