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Investigation on risk prediction of pedestrian head injury by real-world accidents
- Source :
- Transport; Vol 34 No 3 (2019); 394-403, Transport, Vol 34, Iss 3 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press, 2019.
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Abstract
- Head injury is the most common and fatal injury in car-pedestrian accidents. Due to the lack of human test data, real-world accident data is useful for the research on the mechanism and tolerance of head injuries. The objective of the present work is to investigate pedestrian head-brain injuries through real car-pedestrian accidents and evaluate the existed injury criteria. Seven car-to-pedestrian accidents in China were selected from the IVAC (Investigation of Vehicle Accident in Changsha) database. Accident reconstructions using multi-body models were conducted to determine the kinematic parameters associated with the injury and were used to measure head injury criteria. Kinematic parameters were input into a finite element model to run simulations on the head-brain and car interface to determine levels of brain tissue stress, strain, and brain tissue injury criteria. A binary logistic regression model was used to determine the probability of head injury risk associated with AIS3+ injuries (Abbreviated Injury Scale). The results showed that head injury criteria using kinematic parameters can effectively predict injury risk of a pedestrians’ head skull. Regarding brain injuries, physical parameters like coup/countercoup pressure are more effective predictors. The results of this study can be used as the background knowledge for pedestrian friendly car design.
- Subjects :
- Injury control
020209 energy
Poison control
02 engineering and technology
Pedestrian
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
0203 mechanical engineering
Injury prevention
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
medicine
injury criteria
TA1001-1280
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
logistic regression
Head injury
Human factors and ergonomics
medicine.disease
Transportation engineering
020303 mechanical engineering & transports
Automotive Engineering
traffic accident
pedestrian
Medical emergency
business
human activities
head injury
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16484142 and 16483480
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Transport
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5f3d1c3a98f9c1c709cb23cd3b8d9b7c