@article{ref1,
title="Observations of seating position of front seat occupants relative to the side of the vehicle",
journal="Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine",
year="2002",
author="Dinas, Arthur and Fildes, Brian N.",
volume="46",
number="",
pages="27-43",
abstract="This 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 seated 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.",
language="",
issn="1540-0360",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}