Injuries, death and vehicle airbag deployment
Autor: | Matthew Robert Justin Baldock, Corinna van den Heuvel, Roger W. Byard, Siobhan O'Donovan |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
050210 logistics & transportation
Health Policy 05 social sciences Accidents Traffic equipment and supplies 03 medical and health sciences Issues ethics and legal aspects Motor Vehicles 0302 clinical medicine Airbag deployment Aeronautics 0502 economics and business Humans Wounds and Injuries 030216 legal & forensic medicine Risk of death Business Air Bags Law |
Zdroj: | Medicine, science, and the law. 60(2) |
ISSN: | 2042-1818 |
Popis: | Airbags are impact-activated safety devices which deploy from the interior of vehicles to protect occupants from trauma during crashes. Although airbags effectively reduce the risk of death and injury, this it is not without issues. For example, high-impact unbelted rigid-barrier testing in the USA led to the adoption of powerful, large airbags that were associated with numerous airbag-related deaths and injuries. In contrast, European designs were tested and certified in conjunction with the use of three-point restraint systems, meaning that the airbags could be smaller with reduced ‘punch-out’ power. An overview is provided of the mechanism of action of airbags and the associated non-lethal and lethal injuries that may be sustained by vehicle occupants. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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