Injury patterns compared to injury costs in car to car accidents of belted occupants with major injuries

Hell, Wolfram; Langwieder, Klaus; Sporner, Alexander

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¹Institute for Vehicle Safety, GDV, German Insurance Association, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to give an overview of the injury patterns of belted occupants as a function of different collision scenarios in a major accident sample. 1,100 car to car accidents involving major bodily injuries (AIS 2+) have been analyzed for the research on the injury pattern and injury costs of belted car occupants in isolated frontal, side and rear-end collisions. 41 accidents with airbag-equipped cars fulfilling the selection criteria were analyzed for purposes of comparison.

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