Background: This study aimed to describe the injury mechanisms of children involved in side-impact
car crashes, particularly as these relate to seating position, and to estimate the …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report the incidence of ejection from the vehicle
among children involved in motor vehicle crashes, and to describe a novel mode of ejection …

BACKGROUND This study was initiated was initiated to describe pediatric rear-occupant
motor vehicle collision (MVC) injuries, including injury patterns and outcomes as well as …

Event data recorders are installed on many latemodel cars and light trucks as an adjunct to
air bag sensing and control systems. These devices offer tremendous potential to traffic …

Frontal barrier crash tests conducted with General Motors' vehicles allowed data relating to
the crash pulse to be obtained both from the vehicles' event data recorders (EDR) and from …

Increasingly, vehicle manufacturers are developing tools which allow access to data stored
on on-board event data recorders (EDR). The information stored by such devices have the …

A minor rear-end collision resulted in the death of a four-year old child, occupying the right-front
seat of the striking vehicle. The child was restrained by means of a lap belt, the shoulder …

Many vehicles equipped with air bags also have on-board crash recording systems that, in
the event of a frontal collision, capture information relating to the crash, and the deployment of …

The objectives of this study were to provide insights on how injury risk is influenced by occupant
demographics such as sex, age, and size; and to quantify differences within the context …

Event Data Recorders (EDR's) have been installed in many motor vehicles since the 1990's.
With the advent of sophisticated occupant restraint systems, including belt pretensioners …