The influence of a number of factors, including age and particularly seating position, on the injury severity of restrained occupants was examined for 41 front-seat occupants seated adjacent to the impact (near side) and 38 sitting opposite the impacted side (far side) in car-to-car side collisions
Mortality of front-seat occupants attributable to unbelted rear-seat passengers in car crashes
โ Scribed by Masao Ichikawa; Shinji Nakahara; Susumu Wakai
- Book ID
- 117279493
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 359
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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The results of 3 19 cases of belt-restrained front seat car occupants (234 drivers and 85 passengers) from 241 vehicles in car-to-car head-on collisions were examined. Ninety-five occupants were uninjured, 195 sustained a total injury severity of Maximum Abbreviated Injury Score (MAIS) l-3 and 29, M