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U of Michigan CIREN Side Impact Field Crashes and Injury Patterns Univ. of Michigan
- Format:
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Melocchi, Melocchi, author.
- Conference Name:
- SAE 2010 World Congress & Exhibition (2010-04-13 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Warrendale, PA SAE International 2010
- Summary:
- Side impact field crashes from the University of Michigan CrashInjury Research and Engineering Network (UM CIREN) database werestudied in detail. These cases involved seriously injured occupantsthat spanned 1997 - 2006 model year vehicles. Specific injury risksare not presented because the database used was populated only withoccupants requiring treatment at a Level 1 Trauma Center.This study analyzes side impact collisions for AIS 3 injurypatterns in crash configuration, injury contact locations, genderand by age. Field crashes were also categorized into those thatrepresent existing standard side impact laboratory testmethods.Over half of the cases were identified as collisions into thepassenger compartment with occupants seated on the near side of thevehicle closest to the impact, which is consistent with currentstandard laboratory tests. The next two largest categories involvedeither far-side occupants or impacts primarily centered onto theengine compartment. The most commonly injured body regions in theabove categories were the head, thorax and lower extremity. Femaleshad the highest proportion of pelvic injuries. While bone densitydecreases with age, particularly for females after child bearingage, pelvic fractures from side impacts treated at UniversityHospital involved predominately younger women (16 - 45 years old).Pelvic anatomical measurements obtained from radiological filmswere analyzed to identify dimensional differences between thegenders and by age, which may affect injury outcome
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Publisher Number:
- 2010-01-1157
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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