Citation

Doorly TPG. J. Traffic Med. 1978; 6(3): 44-46.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1978, International Association for Accident and Traffic Medicine)

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Abstract

Calculation shows that forces as large as 13,000 N may be imposed on the hip-joints of front seat passengers who do not adjust the seat belt correctly. Calculated forces corresponding to different car velocities were imposed on 12 cadaver hip-joints. Seven types of injury, five of which were serious, were found in eight joints. No association was found between the force imposed on the joint and the severity of the injury received.