Realistic Reference for Evaluation of Vehicle Safety Focusing on Pedestrian Head Protection Observed From Kinematic Reconstruction of Real-World Collisions.

ABSTRACT: Head-to-vehicle contact boundary condition and criteria and corresponding thresholds of head injuries are crucial in evaluation of vehicle safety performance for pedestrian protection, which need a constantly updated understanding of pedestrian head kinematic response and injury risk in real-world collisions. Thus, the purpose of the current study is to investigate the characteristics of pedestrian head-to-vehicle contact boundary condition and pedestrian AIS3+ (Abbreviated Injury Scale) head injury risk as functions of kinematic-based criteria, including HIC (Head Injury Criterion), HIP (Head Impact Power), GAMBIT (Generalized Acceleration Model for Brain Injury Threshold), RIC (Rotational Injury Criterion), and BrIC (Brain Injury Criteria), in real-world collisions. To achieve this, 57 v

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8724547 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature