Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회논문집)

The Korean Society of Automotive Engineers (한국자동차공학회)
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The Accident and Injury Characteristics of Elderly Drivers on Lateral Impact

고령 운전자 측면충돌 사고 및 상해특성

  • 홍승준 (삼성교통안전문화연구소) ;
  • 박원필 (삼성교통안전문화연구소)
  • Received : 2009.07.15
  • Accepted : 2009.09.22
  • Published : 2010.03.01
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Abstract

Domestic insurance claims were statistically investigated to analyze the elderly driver's accident patterns and injury types in side impact crashes. Medical treatment records and accident vehicle damage photos have been surveyed for 5,419 cases. The results of our statistical analysis showed that the thorax injury risk of the elderly drive group is 8.8 and 4.0 times higher than that of the young and middle age group respectively. Diagnosis showed that most thorax injuries were caused by rib fracture. The head injury risk of the elderly female driver group seemed to be higher than that of the younger female driver group, however, statistical test has not been conducted because of the lack of number of samples for elderly female accident.

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