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Whiplash Injury Conditions of Rear-End Collisions at Low-Speed

저속 추돌사고에서 목 상해 조건에 대한 연구

  • Kim, Myeongju (Department of Traffic Engineering Study, Korea Road Traffic Authority) ;
  • Yun, Ilsoo (Dept. of Transportation Eng., Ajou University)
  • 김명주 (도로교통공단 교통과학연구원 교통공학연구처) ;
  • 윤일수 (아주대학교 교통시스템공학과)
  • Received : 2019.03.19
  • Accepted : 2019.04.08
  • Published : 2019.04.30
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Abstract

As the number of reported injuries has tended to increase over time, large hospitalization expenditure from excessive medical treatments and hospitalization, and insurance frauds associated with moral hazard in minor collisions have caused a global societal problem. Many occupants of rear-ended vehicles involved in rear-end collisions complain of whiplash injury, which is also known as neck injury, without any anatomical and radiological evidence. With only clinical symptoms, stating that a whiplash injury is a type of injury defined by the Abbreviated Injury Scale would be difficult. Therefore, this study focuses on minor rear-end collisions, where the rear-ender vehicle collides with the rear-ended vehicle at rest. The mathematics dynamic model is employed to simulate a total of 100 rear-end collision scenarios based on various weights and collision speeds and identify how the weights and speeds of both vehicles influence the risk of whiplash injury in occupants involved in minor rear-end collisions. The possibility of an injury is very high when the same-weight vehicles are involved in accidents at collision speeds of 15 km/h or higher. The possibilities are 36% and 84% with collision speeds of 15 km/h and 20 km/h, respectively, if weights are disregarded.

국내에서 발생하는 교통사고에 의한 인적피해의 정도는 꾸준히 감소하고 있으나 경상자와 부상신고자수는 증가하는 추세이다. 그러나 도덕적 해이로 인한 허위 과다 치료와 입원으로 발생하는 사회적 비용은 전 세계적으로 사회, 경제적 문제로 대두되는 실정이다. 경미한 교통사고의 유형 중, 추돌사고의 경우 피해차량 즉, 피추돌차량 탑승자가 주로 호소하는 질병은 해부학적, 방사선학적 근거가 없는 임상적 추정에 의한 목 상해(경추염좌)이다. 그러나 국제적인 상해 분류기준인 AIS(Abbreviated Injury Scale)와 경추염좌를 비교했을 때 임상적 추정에 의한 목 상해는 상해라 보기 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 추돌사고에 연루된 추돌차량과 피추돌 차량의 중량과 충돌속도가 탑승자의 목 상해에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해, MADYMO를 활용하여 중량과 충돌속도를 다양하게 반영한 총 100가지 시나리오의 추돌사고를 재현하였다. 그리고 결과 값인 피추돌차량의 속도변화량과 충격가속도 값을 상해역치와 비교하였다. 그 결과 동일한 중량 간의 추돌사고에서 충돌속도 15km/h 이상일 때 상해가 발생할 가능성이 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 중량을 고려하지 않을 경우 충돌속도 15km/h 일 때 36%, 20km/h이상일 때 약 84%의 상해 발생 가능성이 나타났다.

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