Reconstruction and analysis of lateral collisions

Niederer, Peter; Walz, Felix; Zollinger, Ulrich

Affiliations

¹Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich

²Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Zurich

Abstract

In 1976 a one year study on severely and fatally injured users of seat belts has been performed in Switzerland. During this program 304 accidents involving 410 persons (257 OAIS 2 - 6, 153 OAIS 6+) were investigated. In this report certain aspects of lateral collisions in connection with the data obtained in the field study are analysed. The average ISS for nearside and offside occupants is shown to increase significantly with increasing Av, whereas the influence of the mass ratio of the involved vehicles is less pronounced. A mathematical simulation analysis of the influence of the intrusion and the lateral distance of the occupant from the impacted door on the attained shoulder force levels is demonstrated.

Cited Works (5)

Year	Entry
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Cited By (1)

Year	Entry
1978	Walz FH, Sprenger HJ, Niederer PF. Severely and fatally injured rear seat car passengers (oais ≥ 2) in Switzerland during 1976. In: 22nd Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). July 10-14, 1978; Ann Arbor, MI.129-140.