Field data on head injuries in side airbag vehicles in lateral impact

Yoganandan, Narayan<sup>1,2</sup>; Pintar, Frank A.<sup>1,2</sup>; Gennarelli, Thomas A.<sup>1,2</sup>

Affiliations

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Abstract

field data on side airbag deployments in lateral crashes and head injuries have largely remained anecdotal. Consequently, the purpose of this research was to report head injuries in lateral motor vehicle impacts. Data from the National Automotive Sampling System files were extracted from side impacts associated with side airbag deployments. Matched pairs with similar vehicle characteristics but without side airbags were also extracted. All data were limited to the United States Federal Motor vehicle Safety Standards FMVSS 214 compliant vehicles so that the information may be more effectively used in the future. In this study, some fundamental analyses are presented regarding occupantand vehicle-related parameters.

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PubMedCentral: PMC3217449

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