A comparison of mechanisms of ankle, knee, pelvis and neck injuries in pedestrians and in cyclists according to the direction of impact and type of vehicle

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Teresiński, Grzegorz¹; Mądro, Roman¹

A comparison of mechanisms of ankle, knee, pelvis and neck injuries in pedestrians and in cyclists according to the direction of impact and type of vehicle

Proceedings of the 2003 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact

Affiliations

¹Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Abstract and keywords

In 683 pedestrian and 124 cyclist fatal victims the mechanisms of ankle, knee, hip, pelvis, cervical spine and neck muscles injuries were evaluated. The typical patterns of injuries were determined according to the direction of impact and the type of vehicle. The findings showed the relation between the direction of impact, the shape of vehicle’s body and the mechanism of injuries found at the individual "levels" of the osteoarticular system. The results of the study may be used for forensic reconstruction of the circumstances of road traffic accidents, for diagnosis and treatment of pedestrians who survived and for validation of crash test results.

Keywords: accident reconstructions; biomechanics; cadavers; pedestrians; bicycles

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