The risk of whiplash injury in the rear seat compared to the front seat in rear impacts

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Krafft, Maria¹; Kullgren, Anders¹; Lie, Anders²; Tingvall, Claes²

The risk of whiplash injury in the rear seat compared to the front seat in rear impacts

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

Affiliations

¹Folksam Research, Stockholm, Sweden

²Swedish National Road Administration
Abstract and keywords

195 rear impacts with both front- and rear-seat occupants in the struck car were selected, where at least one occupant sustained permanent disability. There was a significantly higher disability risk for the female rear seat occupant compared with the male driver. Furthermore, a higher risk was found for female rear-seat compared with female front-seat passengers. The disability risk for occupants of the driver´s seat was three times higher for females than for males, and four times higher for females in the rear seat. In the future, test methods should consider the risk of whiplash injury both in the front and the rear seat.

Keywords: whiplash; rear impacts; rear seat; disability

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