METHODS FOR EVALUATING OCCUPANT KINEMATICS AND SEATBELT USE DURING A COLLISION

摘要

Vehicular accident investigators are frequently called upon to determine seatbelt system usage and injury mechanisms for vehicle occupants. An evaluation method using an exemplar vehicle and a surrogate occupant can be used in helping to make this determination. An understanding of the collision characteristics, injuries sustained and forensic evidence located within the vehicle can be used with a surrogate occupant in an exemplar vehicle to determine seatbelt system usage, injury mechanisms and occupant kinematics.