Publication detail

Assessment of personal vehicles side impacts in the Czech Republic

MIKULEC, R. TOKAŘ, S. SULLENBERGER, G.

Original Title

Assessment of personal vehicles side impacts in the Czech Republic

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

This study is focused on the analysis of the injuries sustained by vehicle occupants during side crashes based on the data obtained in the Czech Republic since 2011. In the study the analysis of recorded injuries was carried out depending on the position of the passengers in vehicles. Only those vehicles that were crashed from the side (and the impact was directed to the passenger compartment) and where at least one of the passengers was injured were selected. The most common AIS ≥ 2 level injuries of these vehicles’ passengers were head and chest injuries. Despite the average age of the documented vehicles (over 11 years), there appears to be no considerable difference in injury distribution in this study compared to those presented in older studies even after significant difference in data collection period of the respective studies and considering progress in vehicle safety.

Keywords

crash analysis; side impact; injury; vehicle occupant; passenger position; vehicle age

Authors

MIKULEC, R.; TOKAŘ, S.; SULLENBERGER, G.

Released

8. 4. 2020

Publisher

Inderscience Publishers

Location

Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

ISBN

1744-9944

Periodical

International Journal of Forensic Engineering

Year of study

4

Number

3

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

214

Pages to

225

Pages count

12

URL

http://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=106663

BibTex

@article{BUT163497,
  author="Roman {Mikulec} and Stanislav {Tokař} and Greg {Sullenberger}",
  title="Assessment of personal vehicles side impacts in the Czech Republic",
  journal="International Journal of Forensic Engineering",
  year="2020",
  volume="4",
  number="3",
  pages="214--225",
  doi="10.1504/IJFE.2019.106663",
  issn="1744-9944",
  url="http://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=106663"
}