Frequency of injuries in multiple impact crashes

NASS 1998-2000 was queried to determine the frequency of serious injuries in multiple impact crashes and the distribution of injuries by crash sequence. The data set included all passenger cars and light trucks in NASS/CDS. The results showed that 42% of the MAIS 3+ injuries were in crashes that inv...

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Published in:Annual proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine 2003, Vol.47, p.417-423
Main Authors: Digges, K, Bahouth, G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abbreviated Injury Scale
Accidents, Traffic - classification
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
Air Bags - statistics & numerical data
Driver and Crash Characteristics and Injury
Humans
Retrospective Studies
Seat Belts - statistics & numerical data
United States - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology
Wounds and Injuries - prevention & control
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Summary:NASS 1998-2000 was queried to determine the frequency of serious injuries in multiple impact crashes and the distribution of injuries by crash sequence. The data set included all passenger cars and light trucks in NASS/CDS. The results showed that 42% of the MAIS 3+ injuries were in crashes that involved more than one harmful event. Approximately 24% of the MAIS 3+ injuries involved two harmful events, and 18% involved 3 or more harmful events. For multiple crashes with serious injuries, the most frequent initial impact direction was frontal (50%) followed by side (44.9%). The most frequent second impact was side (48.4%) followed by frontal (27.6%). The most harmful sequences were side-side (27.7%), front-side (15.8%) and front-front (14.9). The data suggests the need for further investigation and classification complex multiple impact crashes to aid in the in the design of safety systems.
ISSN:1540-0360