Accident research and experimental data useful for an understanding of the influence of car structural incompatibility on the risk of accident injury

Tarrière, Claude; Morvan, Yves; Steyer, Christian; Bellot, Dominique

Previous papers have already shown that a global assessment of the injury risk needs to take into account not only the victims inside a given vehicle but also the victims outside due to the vehicle's aggressiveness.

New analyses have described all the phenomena, in absolute figures and as percentages. It appears for example that the injury risk is higher in accidents occurring between heavy cars than for accidents between lighter ears

An attempt is made to distinguish between the effects of car structural stiffness and the effects of car weight.

Consequences are drawn concerning present trends in car design on the one hand and conflicting environmental and safety requirements on the other hand.

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1990

Thomas C, Faverjon G, Henry C, Le Coz JY, Got C, Patel A. The problem of compatibility in car-to-car collisions. In: 34th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). October 1-3, 1990; Scottsdale, AZ.253-267.

1991

Ernst G, Brühning E, Glaeser KP, Schmid M. Compatibility problems of small and large passenger cars in head on collisions. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). November 4-7, 1991; Paris, France.103-110.

1991

Tarriere C, Thomas C, Trosseille X. Frontal impact protection requires a whole safety system integration. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). November 4-7, 1991; Paris, France.1079-1087.

1976

Schmidt R. Realistic compatibility concepts and associated testing. In: Proceedings of the 6th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). October 12-15, 1976; Washington, D.C.234-248.

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