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Summary of influences that led to introduction of frontal airbags on US passenger vehicles.
Traffic Inj Prev
March 2024
Retired Senior Executive, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.
Objective: The history of airbags for occupant protection in frontal crashes is reviewed from the perspective of a former Senior Executive at NHTSA from the early 1970's to the late 1980's. This paper summarizes the factors that led to regulatory delays as well as those that led to voluntary adoption of airbags by several manufacturers.
Methods: The regulatory history and interactions with airbag suppliers and vehicle manufactures is recounted citing key steps in the evolution of frontal airbags.
A Literature Review of Wheelchair Transportation Safety Relevant to Automated Vehicles.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
January 2022
University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI 481095, USA.
This literature review summarizes wheelchair transportation safety, focusing on areas pertinent to designing automated vehicles (AVs) so they can accommodate people who remain seated in their wheelchairs for travel. In these situations, it is necessary to secure the wheelchair to the vehicle and provide occupant protection with a Wheelchair Tiedown and Occupant Restraint System (WTORS). For this population to use AVs, a WTORS must be crashworthy for use in smaller vehicles, able to be used independently, and adaptable for a wide range of wheelchair types.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisky Teen Driving in a Rural Southern State.
South Med J
May 2017
From the Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and the Southeast Child Safety Institute, University of Alabama Hospital Systems, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Objective: Alabama is one of the five US states with the highest teen driving mortality. We recruited teen drivers to participate in a questionnaire regarding high-risk driving behaviors.
Methods: Teens were recruited from a large county school system to participate in a voluntary anonymous survey.
Complete avulsion of spinal cord and cauda equina: A case report.
J Craniovertebr Junction Spine
May 2015
Department of Neurosurgery, Specialist Medical Center, Polanica-Zdroj, Poland.
Pure ligamentous flexion-distraction injuries of the lumbar spine are relatively rare and even less commonly associated with neurologic compromise. They are largely related to the use of lap belt restrains during motor vehicle accidents. We report a 19-year-old female backseat passenger wearing a lap belt who was involved in a head-on collision.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChild posture and shoulder belt fit during extended night-time traveling: an in-transit observational study.
Ann Adv Automot Med
April 2016
European Center for Injury Prevention, Universidad de Navarra University of Virginia, Center for Applied Biomechanics.
Understanding pediatric occupant postures can help researchers indentify injury risk factors, and provide information for prospective injury prediction. This study sought to observe lateral head positions and shoulder belt fit among older child automobile occupants during a scenario likely to result in sleeping - extended travel during the night. An observational, volunteer, in-transit study was performed with 30 pediatric rear-seat passengers, ages 7 to 14.
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