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Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us
UK and German field accident data show that European airbag systems provide a 35% and 56% reduction in AIS 2+ injury to the cranium and face when belted drivers sustain MAIS 2+ injury in frontal crashes. The highest benefits of airbags were seen in crashes exceeding 30 km/h delta v. Airbags do not a...
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| author | Richard Frampton Ruth Welsh Alan Kirk Paul Fay |
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| description | UK and German field accident data show that European airbag systems provide a 35% and 56% reduction in AIS 2+ injury to the cranium and face when belted drivers sustain MAIS 2+ injury in frontal crashes. The highest benefits of airbags were seen in crashes exceeding 30 km/h delta v. Airbags do not appear to affect a reduction in chest injuries and they exert a neutral influence on the incidence of cervical spine strain. Drivers with deployed airbags sustained proportionately more AIS 2+ upper limb injuries than those in vehicles without airbags. That difference was largely the result of a higher proportion of clavicle fractures. Overall, deployment thresholds correlate well to the onset of moderate/serious head injury but there appear to be some unnecessary deployments at low crash severities. |
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| spelling | rr-article-93413632000-01-01T00:00:00Z Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us Richard Frampton (1258545) Ruth Welsh (1255239) Alan Kirk (1254300) Paul Fay (7149419) Design not elsewhere classified Accident analysis Airbags Epidemiology Frontal impacts Injury probability Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified UK and German field accident data show that European airbag systems provide a 35% and 56% reduction in AIS 2+ injury to the cranium and face when belted drivers sustain MAIS 2+ injury in frontal crashes. The highest benefits of airbags were seen in crashes exceeding 30 km/h delta v. Airbags do not appear to affect a reduction in chest injuries and they exert a neutral influence on the incidence of cervical spine strain. Drivers with deployed airbags sustained proportionately more AIS 2+ upper limb injuries than those in vehicles without airbags. That difference was largely the result of a higher proportion of clavicle fractures. Overall, deployment thresholds correlate well to the onset of moderate/serious head injury but there appear to be some unnecessary deployments at low crash severities. 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/4995 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/Effectiveness_of_airbag_restraints_in_frontal_crashes_-_what_European_field_studies_tell_us/9341363 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Design not elsewhere classified Accident analysis Airbags Epidemiology Frontal impacts Injury probability Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified Richard Frampton Ruth Welsh Alan Kirk Paul Fay Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us |
| title | Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us |
| title_full | Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us |
| title_short | Effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what European field studies tell us |
| title_sort | effectiveness of airbag restraints in frontal crashes - what european field studies tell us |
| topic | Design not elsewhere classified Accident analysis Airbags Epidemiology Frontal impacts Injury probability Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/4995 |