• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.20-24
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• 2010

The position of the automobile's head restraint is very important for the neck injury in rear end collision. This study is about influence of the head restraint height and distance on neck injury during rear end collision. The effects of the position have been evaluated experimentally. The neck injuries are calculated by the relative acceleration between the upper and lower neck. As a result, It is found that the head restraint should be close enough to the back of the head and high enough to the top of the head.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.29-34
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• 2005

141,841 car-to-car collision had occurred in 2003, and among the accidents 51,796 were rear-end impact. According to insurance company for loss or damage, more than $60\%$ of rear-end impact victims suffer neck injury. This means at least 31,000 neck injury victims have happened in 2003. More than $97\%$ of the neck injury victims have low severity injury than A.I.S 2. Head restraint, which is designed to limit rearward head movement and equipped on seat, can considerably protect neck from rear-end impact. In this paper we evaluated head restraint geometry and drivers' sitting position according to RCAR standard and carried out low speed volunteer crash test. The crash speed is 4km/h and N.I.C value is used to determine injury probability. Through these research results we can introduce the method to prevent neck injury at rear-end impact.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.1232-1243
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• 2000

Motor vehicle accidents in rear impacts cause more than fifty percents of drivers to suffer from neck injuries. It is known that most neck injuries are associated with rear-end collisions at a speed lower than 32 km/h and between the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 1 and AIS 2. Two different types of low speed crash tests such as the frontal barrier and rear moving barrier crashes have been conducted by following the procedure of the Research Committee for Automobile Repairs (RCAR). The injury for the neck and the Head Injury Criteria (HIC) were measured by using the sensors mounted on dummies. We reviewed neck injures and the relationship between the neck and head injuries, and examined the deceleration of the body. Using the experimental test data at the neck, we investigated an improved neck injury criterion Nij. Also, the effects of the position of a head restraint on reducing the frequency and severity of the neck injury in rear-end collisions were investigated.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.432-438
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• 2016

Whiplash injuries in low-speed rear-end collisions are the most common injuries and has been a social issue in insurance industry, such as excessive medical claim costs along with exaggerated injuries of victims and treatments from hospitals. According to the Korea Insurance Development Institute reports, the number of claims by rear-end collision was approximately 703,000, which accounts for 53.6 % of the total car-to-car collisions in 2014. Part of the neck injury claims in the Korea car insurance was approximately 28.3 %. Furthermore, approximately 98.4% of the injured persons in rear-end collisions sustained minor injuries under AIS2. In order to improve this situation as well as find out the severity of neck injuries from rear-end collision, the Korea Automobile Insurance Repair Research and Training Center conducted car-to-car rear-end crash tests that striking vehicles(SUV) collided into different sizes of struck-vehicles(small, middle, and large sedan) at the impact speeds of 8 km/h ~ 16 km/h. In order to analyze the whiplash injury, the BioRID-II was seated in each struck-vehicles, and the neck injury criteria(NIC), head contact time, maximum vehicle accelerations, and mean vehicle accelerations were calculated from values from the accelerations of the dummy and the struck-vehicles.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2011

Vehicle safety device such as active headrest and rear detection system has been developing as people are interested about rear end collision more than head on or than front. However, there is no any standard or criterion in order to evaluate vehicle safety device for rear end collision. Also there is no test protocol about rear end collision in vehicle experiment. Therefore, this research developed scenario for experiment about rear end collision in vehicle experiment. Also this research evaluated dangerousness about vehicle test and fitness about re-enacting rear end collision using scenario developed using commercial software (PC-Crash) which can re-enact vehicle collision in virtual vehicle experiment. Scenario developed according to statistics from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and German In-Depth Accident Study. Scenario has twelve cases which composed of Re-LVS (Rear end Leading Vehicle Stop), Re-LVM (Rear end Lead Vehicle Moving) and scenario for evaluation about malfunction of active headrest.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2011

최근 교통상황을 정확하게 관측할 수 있는 교통류 검지에 관한 기술개발과 더불어 개별차량 주행궤적을 이용한 교통안전도 평가기법에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 개별차량의 주행궤적을 이용하여 다음시점(t+1) 의 후미추돌 확률을 산출하는 방법론을 제시하였다. 신뢰성 있는 예측 기법인 칼만 필터링(Kalman Filtering)을 이용하여 주행궤적을 예측하고, 예측된 시점에 대한 개별차량의 후미추돌 확률을 산출하였다. 안전도를 평가하는 확률모형을 수립하기 위해서 서해안 고속도로의 동영상 자료로부터 개별차량의 주행궤적을 추출하였다. 추출한 개별차량의 주행궤적 자료를 이항 로지스틱 회귀분석(Binary logistic regression)을 이용하여 차량의 차로변경 결정 확률 모형을 생성하였고, exponential decay function을 이용하여 surrogate safety measure(SSM)의 하나인 time-to-collision(TTC)기반의 추돌확률 모형을 생성하였다. 미시적 교통류 시뮬레이터인 VISSIM에서 추출한 개별차량의 주행궤적 데이터를 이용하여 제안된 방법론을 평가하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 교통류 감시, 제어 및 정보 시스템에 효과적으로 적용될 수 있으며, 나아가 교통사고 예방에 효율적인 대안이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2007

MADYMO human model with the detail neck was used to investigate the reaction force of neck and neck injury from rear impact directions. In the validation simulation, head acceleration, thorax acceleration and the global kinematics of the head and neck were correlated well with experimental data. Acceleration data from three 15 km/h low speed car rear impact pendulum tests(rear-end, offset, oblique) were used to simulate the model. In the simulation results, the reaction force on the facet joint and discs in the oblique rear impact were higher than rear-end, offset rear impacts. Further research is still needed in order to neck injury analysis about different crash parameters.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.161-171
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• 2023

고령 운전자는 다른 연령대에 비해 사망사고 유발 가능성이 높다. 2021년 교통사고 통계에 따르면 고령 운전자 1만 명당 유발한 사망자수가 1.77로 30대 운전자 0.55에 비해 2.67배 높다. 본 연구는 자동긴급제동장치(Automatic Emergency Braking System, AEBS) 설치로 고령 운전자의 추돌사고 유발 가능성을 얼마나 낮출 수 있는지 파악하기 위해 시도되었다. 이를 위해 자동차보험 데이터를 활용하여 자동긴급제동장치가 장착한 차량이 그렇지 않은 차량에 비해 얼마나 추돌사고 발생률이 낮은지 통계적 기법으로 분석하였다. 그 결과 자동긴급제동장치를 장착한 차량과 그렇지 않은 차량의 교통사고 유발 오즈비가 0.75에 그쳐 사고감소 효과가 분명히 있는 것으로 나타났다. 성별로는 남성 운전자가 0.78로 여성 운전자 0.81에 비해 사고감소 효과가 컸다. 연령별로도 65세 이상의 오즈비가 0.76으로 분석되어 교통사고 감소 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 남성 고령운전자가 0.49로 감소효과가 가장 높았다. 향후 고령운전자를 대상으로 자동긴급제동장치 장착 차량을 운전할 경우 보험료 할인 등 혜택을 부여한다면 추돌사고를 예방하는데 도움이 될 것으로 보인다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.182-194
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• 1999

Occupant injury in rear end impact is rapidly becoming one of the most aggravating traffic safety problems with high human suffering and societal costs. Although rear end impact occurs at relatively low speed , it may cause permanent disability due to neck injuries resulting from an abrupt moment, shear force , and tension/compression force at the occipital condyles. The analysis is performed for a combined occupant-eat model response, using the SAFE(Safety Analysis for occupant crash Environment) computer program. The computational results are verified by those from sled tests. A parameter study is conducted for many physical and mechanical properties. Seat design has been performed based on the design of experiment process with respect to five parameters; seat-back upholstery stiffness, torsional stiffness of the seat-back. An orthogonal array is selected from the parameter study. A good design has been found from the analysis results based on the orthogonal array. The results show that reductions of stiffness in seat-back upholstery and joint are the most effective for preventing neck injuries.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.913-920
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• 2005

Compared to previous in-vitro test, FE model showed reliable motion patterns. A finite element model of a 50th percentile male neck was developed to study the mechanics of whiplash injury while the rear impacts. The model was consisted of the whole cervical vertebrae including part of occipital, intervertebral discs. which were modeled using linear viscoelastic materials and posterior elements. The sliding interfaces were defined to simulate contact phenomena in facet joints and in odontoid process. All ligaments and atlanto-occipital membrane were modeled as nonlinear bar elements. Only muscle elements were not considered. Motion of each cervical vertebra was obtained from the dynamic simulation with a MADYMO model for 15 km/h $40\%$ rear end offset impacts. Soft tissue neck injury(STNI) was investigated with a developed FE model. In FE model analysis, the high stress was appeared at C3/C4 disc in offset impact. Further research is still needed in order to improve the developed neck FE model for many different crash patterns.