Injury Severity and Measured Response for Pedestrian Head Impacts

Details

• Creators:
  Monk, Michael W.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Vehicle Research and Test Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fatalities
  • Head
  • Injuries
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Pedestrian-vehicle crashes
  • Reconstruction
• Publication/ Report Number:
  VRTC-86-0019 ; DOT HS 807 476
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Interim Report: Dec 1988 - Mar 1989
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Reconstructions of pedestrian accidents were previously performed. The analysis of the data was presented in the form of functional relationships between measured/computed Head Injury Criterion responses and the probability of death. The probability of death was estimated from the three highest AIS values according to an approach presented by Ullman, et al. A potential for error exists in that the Ullman study was based upon injuries to all body regions, whereas the pedestrian accident reconstructions were based upon only head injuries. The study addresses the probability of death based upon the 2 or 3 highest AIS levels to the head. The differences were found to be relatively small.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92588/dot_92588_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.11 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:02898525d66fd6c6cb0d7f9936968169a12e302ec354a260a99b04484ddecb094b9bf146ef72073559969fe588abdb8e5edb190c5c226155cda7a4fa35b3eb17