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http://dx.doi.org/10.7467/KSAE.2013.21.1.107

A Real-world Accident Study on Vehicle Damage Types and Occupant Injury  

Hong, Seungjun (Samsung Traffic Safety Research Institute)
Park, Wonpil (Samsung Traffic Safety Research Institute)
Ha, Sungyong (Department of Automotive Engineering, Shin Heung College)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers / v.21, no.1, 2013 , pp. 107-112 More about this Journal
Abstract
Base on insurance vehicle collision and bodily injury claim reports, 23,655 cases of vehicle to vehicle accidents occurred in Korea 2010 are investigated in order to understand vehicle damage severities, repair costs and occupant injury types. The results of our statistical analysis reveal that minor damages with small dent or scratches on vehicle body panels which is assumed to imply during very low speed crashes are major portion of accident severities types. The most vulnerable body regions due to the real-world accident are neck. The 86.3% of total injured driver in minor rear damaged vehicles has reported neck pains and they are followed by whole bodies and head but with much lower occurrence rates.
Keywords
Insurance claim reports; Real world accident; Damage types; Damage severities; Occupant injury;
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