Abstract
The senior population is growing rapidly across most
motorised countries resulting in an increasing number of elderly
motor vehicle users. Accident data from the UK Cooperative Crash
Injury Study (CCIS) were analysed to examine the relationship
between age and injury outcome for belted front seat occupants in
passenger car frontal crashes. Results showed that, for similar
frontal crash characteristics, the MAIS outcome was more severe for
older front seat occupants (65+) and they were more likely to be
fatally injured compared to middle-aged and younger occupants. The
chest was the most frequently injured body region. The older
occupants sustained more injuries to the chest region compared to
their younger counterparts and these injuries were predominately
skeletal injury induced by seat belt forces. Older occupants had a
higher rate of multiple rib fractures compared to younger and middle
aged occupants. The increase in the number of rib fractures showed
a strong association with increase in intrathoracic organ injury.
These results suggest that older occupants are more vulnerable to
serious injury to the chest region in frontal impacts. Vehicle
crashworthiness systems that account for differences in age related
injury tolerance could have a positive effect on injury outcome in
frontal car crashes.
motorised countries resulting in an increasing number of elderly
motor vehicle users. Accident data from the UK Cooperative Crash
Injury Study (CCIS) were analysed to examine the relationship
between age and injury outcome for belted front seat occupants in
passenger car frontal crashes. Results showed that, for similar
frontal crash characteristics, the MAIS outcome was more severe for
older front seat occupants (65+) and they were more likely to be
fatally injured compared to middle-aged and younger occupants. The
chest was the most frequently injured body region. The older
occupants sustained more injuries to the chest region compared to
their younger counterparts and these injuries were predominately
skeletal injury induced by seat belt forces. Older occupants had a
higher rate of multiple rib fractures compared to younger and middle
aged occupants. The increase in the number of rib fractures showed
a strong association with increase in intrathoracic organ injury.
These results suggest that older occupants are more vulnerable to
serious injury to the chest region in frontal impacts. Vehicle
crashworthiness systems that account for differences in age related
injury tolerance could have a positive effect on injury outcome in
frontal car crashes.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Jun 2016 |
| Event | HUMANIST Conference 2016 - Loughborough, United Kingdom Duration: 8 Jun 2016 → … |
Conference
| Conference | HUMANIST Conference 2016 |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| City | Loughborough |
| Period | 8/06/16 → … |