Whiplash: reduction of neck injuries and their societal costs in rear end collisions
conference paper
Neck injuries in car collisions constitute a serious problem with tremendous implications for the individual as well as for society. Neck injuries particularly occur in rear-end collisions and for this accident type no test method or passive safety regulations exist, mainly as a consequence of the limited knowledge available on neck injuries. The European Community has sponsored a 3-year research programme aimed to develop effective research tools and test procedures to improve the protection of car occupants in rear-end collisions. The research methodology includes tests with human volunteers; crash dummy development; computer modelling and benchmarking of current seat designs. The main results of the project so far are a first and second phase rear impact crash dummy - including mathematical computer models of this dummy and a definition of a test method. In addition, real accident data and new experimental data on the behaviour of car occupants during rear end collisions were generated.
TNO Identifier
362718
Source title
Proceedings of the 11th European Vehicle Passive Safety Network Conference: a road to European co-operation, 22 March 2000, Brussels, Belgium
Pages
80-84
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