Expected belt-specific injury patterns dependent on the angle of impact

Adomeit, D.; Goegler, H.; Vu Han, V.

Results of dummy crash test series have been studied to derive from these predictions of injury patterns related to three-point-belt usage in real road accidents. For head-on collisions correlations between injury patterns and dummy behaviour in crash tests can obviously be stated.

The aim of this paper is to discuss the influence of the angle of impact. In our dummy tests the angles varied between 20° and 56°. Two speeds of impact (v₁ = 38.5 km/h and v₂ = 47 km/h) were used. Up to 40° of impact-there were no significant differences in dummy-behaviour as in head-on collisions. The same can be predicted for the beltspecific injury patterns.

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1975

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1973

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1974

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2007

Douglas CA, Fildes BN, Gibson TJ, Boström O, Pintar FA. Factors influencing occupant-to-seat belt interaction in far-side crashes. In: 51st Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). October 15-17, 2007; Melbourne, Australia.319-339.