The Rear Seat Occupant from Data Analysis of Selected Clinical Case Studies 870487
A review of the UM series and of NCSS, NASS, CPIR and FARS Files, as well as Michigan accident data files was undertaken, as well as a review of the NTSB “Rear Seat Study”. From these files rear seat occupany is approximately 10%, with children 6 years of age or less being 1/5th of these. About 50-60% of those in the sear seat are adults. Most of the injuries are at the lower AIS levels, with adults being more seriously injured. Of the more serious or fatal injuries, the head and face predominate by far, in all types of crashes involving unrestrainded rear seat occupants. When belts are worn there are few seriously or fatally injured rear occupants and of these, the abdominal area predominates. From available data, rear lap-belted passengers have the same MAIS level (or less) when compared to their front seat lap-shoulder belted counterparts.
Citation: Huelke, D., Sherman, H., and Elliott, A., "The Rear Seat Occupant from Data Analysis of Selected Clinical Case Studies," SAE Technical Paper 870487, 1987, https://doi.org/10.4271/870487. Download Citation
Author(s):
Donald F. Huelke, Harold W. Sherman, Audrey F. Elliott
Affiliated:
Dept. of Anatomy and the Transportation Research Institute
Pages: 12
Event:
SAE International Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Restraint Technologies-Rear Seat Occupant Protection-SP-0691
Related Topics:
Fatal injuries
Vehicle occupants
Adults
Injuries
Seats and seating
Technical review
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