Priorities for bicyclist protection in car impacts - Areal life study of severe injuries and car sources

2012 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings - International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 779-786

  Fredriksson, Rikard ^a   Rosén, Erik ^a  

^a AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bicyclist; Body region; Car impact; Injury source; Severe (AIS3+) injury

Indexed keywords

BICYCLIST; BODY REGION; CAR IMPACT; INJURY SOURCE; SEVERE (AIS3+) INJURY;

BIOMECHANICS; WINDSHIELDS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 84867757289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Strandroth J, Rizzi M, Sternlund S, Lie A, Tingvall C, The correlation between pedestrian injury severity in real-life crashes and Euro NCAP pedestrian test results. 22nd International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV), Washington D.C., USA, Paper no 11-0188, 2011.
2. Volvo Cars, Press release: "The all-new Volvo V40", Volvo Car Corporation Global News Room, Internet: https://www.media.volvocars.com/global/ enhanced/en-gb/media/preview.aspx?mediaid=42212, Accessed: 2012-03-27.
3. Thiemann-Linden J, Bicycle use trends in Germany. German Institute of Urban Affairs (Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik), Berlin, 2010.
4. EC, "CARE database - reports and graphics 2010", European Commission, Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/road-safety/specialist/ statistics/care-reports-graphics/index-en.htmAccessed 2010-12-27.
5. Fredriksson R, Rosén E and Kullgren A, Priorities of pedestrian protection - A real-life study of severe injuries and car sources. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42:6, pp 1672-81, 2010.
6. AAAM, The abbreviated injury scale: 1990 revision, update 1998. Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. Barrington, IL, USA, 2001.
7. Otte D, Jänsch M, Haasper C, Injury protection and accident causation parameters for vulnerable road users based on German In-Depth Accident Study GIDAS, Accident Analysis & Prevention, 44:1, pp 149-153, 2012.
8. Longhitano D, Henary B, Bhalla K, Ivarsson J, Crandall J, Influence of vehicle body type on pedestrian injury distribution. SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) World Congress; Detroit, Michigan, USA, 2005.
9. Maki T, Kajzer J, Mizuno K, Sekine Y, Comparative analysis of vehicle-bicyclist and vehicle-pedestrian accidents in Japan. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 35:6, pp 927-40, 2003.
10. Zhang G, Cao L, Hu J, Yang KH A field data analysis of risk factors affecting the injury risks in vehicle-topedestrian crashes. Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine (AAAM), 52, pp 199-213, 2008.