Effects of pre-impact pedestrian position and motion on kinematics and injuries from vehicle and ground contact

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-355

  Simms, C K ^a   Wood, D P ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Denis Wood Associates   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Impact variability; Injury criteria; Pedestrians; Vehicle and ground impact

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

IMPACT VARIABILITY; INJURY CRITERIA; PEDESTRIANS; VEHICLE AND GROUND IMPACT;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 33749315889     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2005.0109     Document Type: Article

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