The study was an on-road observational study of the seating position and limb position of front seat occupants relevant to the side of the car for a representative sample of occupants during straight road driving and turning manoeuvres. A video camera captured over 650 front-on images of passenger car occupants in Metropolitan Melbourne. Results showed a significant numbers of occupants were seated out-of-position while travelling on the road and that a number of these were setaed in a manner that may possibly result in injury from the deployment of a side airbag. This was particularly so while turning, a situation common in many side impacts. A substantial number of front seat occupants' arms were exposed to severe injury in the event of a side impact crash. These findings highlight a number of aspects of seating behaviour of driver and front passengers that need to be taken into account when designing side impact airbags.


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    Title :

    Observations of seating position of front seat occupants relative to the side of the vehicle


    Additional title:

    Beobachtungen zur Sitzposition vorne sitzender Personen in Relation zur Seite des Autos


    Contributors:
    Dinas, A. (author) / Fildes, B.N. (author)


    Publication date :

    2002


    Size :

    17 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 20 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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