|
|
|
Title: Injury Risk in Frontal Crashes with Guardrail and Guardrail End Terminals
Accession Number: 01518755
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: Frontal impacts, due to their prevalence, account for about 77 % of all injuries and 62 % of all fatalities in guardrail crashes. This analysis examined the distribution of injury in frontal guardrail crashes using 711 crash records extracted from the National Automotive Sampling System – Crashworthiness Data System, spanning the years from 1997 to 2008. Frontal crashes to end terminals were found to carry injury odds 5.1 times greater than frontal crashes to the guardrail face. End terminals compliant with National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 350 safety criteria have injury odds between 11 and 19 times lower than non-compliant designs. Rollover and unbelted occupants were associated with 25 % of all frontal guardrail crashes, yet were present in 61 % of serious injury crashes. Rollover occurred in 9.2 % of all frontal guardrail crashes and was initiated by the guardrail in roughly 49 % of instances. Guardrail end terminal contact increased rollover odds by 6.7 times over contact with the guardrail face.
Supplemental Notes: This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AFB20 Roadside Safety Design.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01503729
Report/Paper Numbers: 14-3143
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Johnson, Nicholas SGabler, Hampton CPagination: 18p
Publication Date: 2014
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2014 Paper #14-3143
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jan 27 2014 3:05PM
|
