Authors: Jay Zhao, Gabriela Mata, Mutaz Shkoukani, Joyson Safety Systems
Abstract
This study was to better understand injury patterns and severities of far-side occupants of small size females and mid/large size males from vehicle crashes. 405 AIS 2+ injury incidents of 80 far-side struck occupants from 2004-current CIREN database were categorized into two groups of small size females and mid/large size males. 31 most often observed or most critical AIS 2+ tissue injuries were counted for 78.3% of the total incidents. The field data indicated that the far-side small size female occupants were more vulnerable to the chest and upper and lower extremities injuries than the mid/large size males. Far-side occupant simulations and injury analysis were conducted with a case re-construction for the compact size vehicle crashed in NHTSA FMVSS 214 right side pole impact test #210915, in which the GHBMC occupant models of the 5th%ile female, the 50th%ile male and 95th%ile male were represented as the drivers respectively with and without the passenger 50th%ile male occupant. The HBMs predicted AIS 2+ tissue injuries of the far-side occupants from the vehicle crash case were consistent with 58% of the mid/large males and 32% of the small females observed from the CIREN data, respectively.
Type: Short Communication