Pulse shapes and injury risks in collisions with roadside objects:​ result from real-life impacts with recorded crash pulses

Ydenius, Anders; Kullgren, Anders

The possibility to lower the impact severity in roadside collisions are different compared to car-to-car collisions. This may have implication for the construction of road side objects. The aim of the research was to study pulse shapes and influence on injuries in collisions with roadside objects compared to car-to-car collisions. The results from 119 real-life frontal impacts with recorded crash pulses recorders and the diagnoses from occupant injuries were analysed. It was found that in collisions with roadside objects the meanvalue of the average duration was longer compared to car-to—car collisions and that the average acceleration at the beginning of the crash pulse seems to be lower in road side collisions compared to car-to-car crashes.

Year

Entry

1994

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1991

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1991

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1991

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1994

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