Occupant motion in rollover collisions

Moffatt, Edward A.

Affiliations

¹General Motors Engineering Staff, Warren, Michigan

Abstract

The rollover collision is a complex sequence of events which is often difficult to accurately envision. This paper presents an analysis of one aspect of vehicle and occupant motions in rollover accidents. A comparison of the vehicle-to-occupant interaction in rollover collisions with fixed-object side impacts is made in order to emphasize the commonality of these seemingly dissimilar collision configurations.

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