Severity and type of pedestrian injuries related to vehicle impact locations and results of sub-system impact reconstruction

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Anderson, Robert¹; McLean, Jack¹; Streeter, Luke¹; Ponte, Giulio¹; Sommariva, Marleen¹; Lindsay, Tori¹; Wundersitz, Lisa¹

Severity and type of pedestrian injuries related to vehicle impact locations and results of sub-system impact reconstruction

Proceedings of the 2002 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact

Affiliations

¹Road Accident Research Unit, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Abstract and keywords

This paper examines the relevance of the EEVC pedestrian subsystem tests and the extent to which they predict the severity of specific injuries.

Ten accidents were reconstructed using numerical and laboratory methods to estimate the severity of impacts to the pedestrian’s head and lower extremities. Headform impacts that exceeded a HIC of 1000 were strongly and positively associated with head injuries rated AIS3 and above. The acceleration of the Legform appears to be positively associated with the severity of injuries to the leg below the knee. However, the level of bending and shearing of the Legform knee joint greatly overestimated the risk of ligamentous damage to the knee.

Keywords: pedestrians; accident reconstructions; component tests; EEVC; impactors.

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