Estimating the Injury-Reducing Benefits of Ejection-Mitigating Glazing

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• Creators:
  Winnicki, John
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Traffic crashes
  • Fatalities
  • Ejection
  • Windows (Vehicles)
  • Glazing
  • Statistical analysis
  • Crash analysis
  • Advanced Glazing Project
  • Ejection prevention
  • Motor vehicle crashes
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  HS-808 369
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403780
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Description:
  The Advanced Glazing Project of NHTSA is an initiative aimed at reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries in motor vehicle crashes due to ejection. As part of the project, it was necessary to estimate the numbers of lives saved and serious injuries prevented when ejection is eliminated. This report describes the statistical analysis performed to obtain such estimates. The analysis utilized state data files maintained by National Center for Statistics and Analysis (NCSA). It employs the double-pair comparison methodology to compare the injury rates on various severity levels among the ejected and the non-ejected vehicle occupants. It also allows one to calculate fractional reductions in fatalities and incapacitating injuries due to ejection prevention. Since ejection is rare among occupants of motor vehicle using the safety belts, the analysis is restricted to the unrestrained occupants.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12551/dot_12551_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 77.96 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6dd62c8f3b48698fa34280f40d2330929fafdea690552dd6b6acc4ca9f443cdccd62440e279484accab7ceb75059ea7a9af945e8ac5bf6aa9b76757bd291809