Methods of Occupant Kinematics Analysis in Automobile Crashes

Bready, Jon E.; Nordhagen, Ronald P.; Perl, Thomas R.; James, Michael B.

doi:10.4271/2002-01-0536

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“…In general, occupants move in a direction opposite to the PDOF which is important in determining which vehicle components may be contacted during impact, possibly resulting in injury. Occupants in impacts involving greater vehicle rotation (such as may occur in corner impacts) may not always move directly opposite and parallel to the PDOF (Bready et al, 2002). Our study found that occupants with brain injury from corner frontal impacts may differ from brain-injured occupants in impacts involving more of the frontal plane (distributed and offset).…”

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The influence of damage distribution on serious brain injury in occupants in frontal motor vehicle crashes

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Conroy

Hoyt

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Accident Analysis & Prevention

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The influence of damage distribution on serious brain injury in occupants in frontal motor vehicle crashes

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Hoyt

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Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Biomechanical analyses have long played a role in vehicle accident investigation [1], typically performing injury analysis and the determination of occupant kinematics and impact forces to the body [2,3]. Metzler [4] discussed the use of a motion capture technique as a tool for use in injury accident reconstruction.…”

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Methods of Accident Reconstruction: Biomechanical and Human Factors Considerations

Knox

Mathias

Stern

et al. 2015

Volume 14: Emerging Technologies; Safety Engineering and Risk Analysis; Materials: Genetics to Structures

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Accident reconstruction involving consumer products and industrial equipment often requires biomechanical and/or human factors analyses to help determine the root cause of an accident scenario. A systematic method has been established which incorporates numerous components of the sciences of biomechanics and human factors and uses the scientific method as the framework for evaluating competing theories. Using this method, available data are gathered pertaining to the accident or incident and organized in a modified Haddon matrix, with categories for Man [person(s) involved in the accident], Product/Machine, and Environment. Information about the person(s) is separated further into injury and human factors components. The injuries are viewed as physical evidence, where each injury occurred as a result of being exposed to a specific combination of energy, force, motion/deflection, acceleration, etc. The injuries are evaluated with known injury research and categorized with a specific type, location, mechanism, and injury threshold. This injury evidence is then reconciled with the other physical evidence developed from the accident environment and product/machine categories. Human factors evaluations of body size, posture, capabilities, sensory perception, reaction time, and movements create similar information that is also reconciled with the rest of the evidence from an accidental circumstance. At the core of this method is developing scientific data or information that can be used to support or refute accident reconstruction conclusions. An accurate and complete accident reconstruction using the available data must be consistent with the laws of physics, and the physics of interaction between the man, product/machine, and environment.

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Determination of Injury Mechanisms

Shanahan¹

2011

Injury Research

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Methods of Occupant Kinematics Analysis in Automobile Crashes

Cited by 5 publications

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The influence of damage distribution on serious brain injury in occupants in frontal motor vehicle crashes

The influence of damage distribution on serious brain injury in occupants in frontal motor vehicle crashes

Methods of Accident Reconstruction: Biomechanical and Human Factors Considerations

Determination of Injury Mechanisms

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