Technical Paper
Deformation Characteristics and Occupant Load Capacity in Lateral Impacts for Nearside Belted Front Car Passengers
1993-11-01
933126
382 passenger cars concerning isolated lateral collisions are analysed in this study. The basis are representative traffic accidents investigated in a statistical spot-check plan directly at the site of the accident by a team of scientists of the Accident Research Unit of the Medical University Hannover. The mechanisms and impact situations responsible for the resulting injuries to the various body regions by side collisions are shown. The different deformation patterns are analysed by a special matrix measurement system. With this system deformation characteristics are established. The injury causation is explained, and the importance of intrusion analysed. It was analysed that the head, thorax as well as the upper and lower extremeties are the most frequently traumatised body regions in lateral collisions. The most frequent impact is under 35 to 45 degrees from a frontal direction to the compartment located in the region of the A-pillar.