Restrained drivers' facial skeleton injuries resulting from steering assembly contact: a conspectus

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Zuby, David S.¹; Saul, Roger A.²

Restrained drivers' facial skeleton injuries resulting from steering assembly contact: a conspectus

Proceedings of the 12th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV)

Affiliations

¹Transportation Research Center, Inc.

²Vehicle Research and Test Center
Abstract

A detailed examination of hard copy accident files from 198l-85 NASS was conducted to ascertain the nature of steering assembly induced facial trauma suffered by restrained drivers. The following aspects were included: the steering wheel contact location responsible for these injuries; the distributions of injury type, anatomical location, and injury severity; injury frequency as a function of crash severity; and the significance of facial skeleton injuries. This paper also summarizes the results of experimental efforts to evaluate the probability of sustaining facial injury in steering wheel impacts.

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