Injury mechanisms in head-on collisions involving glance-off

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Zeidler, Falk¹; Stürtz, Günter¹; Burg, Heinz²; Rau, Hartmut³

Injury mechanisms in head-on collisions involving glance-off

Proceedings of the 25th Stapp Car Crash Conference

Affiliations

¹Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart

²Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungsverein, Stuttgart

³Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Fahrzeugtechnik
Abstract

The damage pattern of about 30% of accident vehicles with injured occupants corresponds to that created in offset head-on collisions. An accident reconstruction method using the vehicles' deformation energies as operands is introduced for this collision type. The parameters so determined are compared for accidents both with and without glance-off, and their effect on the different injury mechanisms of the belted driver is discussed. A theory is suggested regarding the cause of serious injuries to the lower extremities in glance-off accidents, and is supported by examples. To confirm the results crash tests involving glance-off are carried out.
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DOI: 10.4271/811025

SAE: 811025

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