A Study on Characteristics of Passenger Injury for Effective Impact Speed in Vehicles Frontal Collision and Rear-ender
Journal: The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication (Vol.15, No. 4)Publication Date: 2015-08-31
Authors : Joeng-Kwon Cho; Jun-Kyu Yoon; Jong-Han Lim;
Page : 239-247
Keywords : Effective Impact Speed; Frontal Collision; Rear-ender; HIC (Head Injury Criteria); NIC (Neck Injury Criteria);
Abstract
Recently, various research studies on frontal collision and rear-ender which occur more frequently compared to others are underway as the public interest on them is growing. This study analyzes scientifically the relationship between effective impact speed and injury incidence for vehicle crash accident reconstruction and presents a relevant model formula. Because real vehicle experiments have certain limitations such as possible injuries, this study efforts to collect and analyze as many materials as possible to substitute real vehicle experiments, including data from various collision tests and human experiments. As a result, this study present a threshold in which head-on collisions and rear impacts do not cause injuries under 7 km/h of effective impact speed, and suggests a model formula showing that injury extent is linearly proportional to effective impact speed through collision speed and amount of plastic deformation. In conclusion, a model formula for estimating effective impact speed and injury incidence newly proposed in this study is expected to be used as a minimum standard of judgment in disputes on the injury extent of passenger in head-on collisions and rear impacts. Furthermore its availability in terms of technological analysis in legal arguments is expected to be very high if this study will be enhanced by referring to scientific analyses of various real accidents so as to apply it in various types of collision accidents.
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