A thorough crash study makes it possible to better understand the
occupant injuries: for example, during a frontal impact, an unbelted driver may
impact the windshield, the inner panel or the interior mirror. It all depends
on the direction of the impact force. This kind of analysis can describe occupant
injuries.
To understand these injury mechanisms, a detailed vehicle analysis is necessary :
- Definition of occupants projection direction
- Seatbelts analysis
- Pretensioners, airbags and load limiters analysis
- Impacts traces at a vehicle level
- Occupant injury analysis
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