Comparison of delta-v and occupant impact velocity crash severity metrics using event data recorders

• Published in: Annual proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Vol. 50; pp. 57 - 71
• Main Authors: Gabauer, D J, Gabler, H C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine 2006
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Data Collection - instrumentation; Epidemiology: Crashes and Injuries; Humans; Injury Severity Score; Middle Aged; Protective Devices; Research Design; Risk Assessment; ROC Curve; Seat Belts; Survival Analysis; Wounds and Injuries - classification

This research compares the ability of delta-V and the occupant impact velocity (OIV), a competing measure of crash severity, to predict occupant injury in real world collisions. A majority of the analysis is performed using 191 cases with vehicle kinematics data from Event Data Recorders (EDRs) matc...