Citation

Mackay M, Hassan AM. Annu. Proc. Assoc. Adv. Automot. Med. 2000; 44: 75-91.

Affiliation

Birmingham Automotive Safety Centre, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11558104

PMCID

PMC3217375

Abstract

Field accident data from NASS/CDS in the US and CCIS in the UK are compared. The UK sample is deliberately weighted to conform to the same AIS proportions (within AIS 2-6) as the weighted NASS data so that crash severity distributions can be compared for various selected outcomes. Age and gender have a significant effect on the delta V distributions and median delta V values. These differences are documented both for overall AIS 2-6, 3-6, and 4-6, and also for body regions of the head, neck, chest, abdomen and upper and lower extremities. Anomalies between the two samples are profound which raises doubts about the recording of belt use in NASS and the calculation of delta V at lower crash severities.