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PROBLEM MISFUNCTIONS OF SAFETY BELTS UNAVOIDABLE AND AVOIDABLE INJUR IES H. Appel, V. Vu-Han , D. Adomeit Institute of Automotive Engineer ing Technical Univers ity Berl in The effectiveness of safety belts has been demonstrated in numerous papers , firstly in the ''classical" investigat ion of Bohlin (1), recently e . g . by Danner (2) . Bohlin shows an average reduction of inj ury frequency o f 48%, see Fig . 1. Danner found about the s ame average inj ury reduction . For severe head in- juries he found even a 75% reduction, in contrary for cervical spine injur ies an increase of 2 1 % . Bohlin ' s injuries are related to all impact types , Danner ' s only to frontal impacts . A change and reduction of injur ies has also been stated on the basis of a comparison of 1 00 frontal co l lisions with and without belt usage (3) , see Fig . 2. The aim of this paper is to d iscuss f actors af f ecting the seat belt performance in frontal col lisions , the most frequent and severe col lision type . In-depth analyzed accidents are in- vestigated with respect to the observed misfunctions of the belt system. Misfunctions , probably affecting the belt effic iency , may be caused by the construction of belts , the handling of be lts , or by reasons induced from "outs ide " . This class ificat ion enables furthermore to dist ingu ish between unavo idable and avoidable "belt-specif ic" injur ies (4, 5) , whereby it is out of d iscu s sion that these injur ies are mostly on lower or at least equa l AIS level than the injur ies of non-belted occupants in comparable accidents . The corresponding probability was given by Be ier (6) in the order of 99%. THE STRUCTURE OF THE SAMPLE Our sample consists of altogether 255 belted occupants . The accidents were investigated from 1972 up to now on the scene by multidisciplinary teams* in Berlin and in Hannover and its environs . Criterion for the inclusion of an accident is that at least one occupant of the car - belted or not - is injured. The distr ibution of the involved belted occupants to the impact directions is g iven in F ig. 3: * Research programs are sponsored by the Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BAST) , Köln 27

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PROBLEM

MIS FUNCTIONS OF SAFETY BELTS UNAVOIDABLE AND AVOIDABLE INJURIES

H . Appe l , V. Vu- Han , D . Adome i t Institute o f Automotive Eng ineering Techni c a l Univers ity Berlin

The e f fectivenes s of safety belts has been demonstrated in numerous papers , f i r s t ly in the '' c la s s ic a l " inves t i gation of Bohlin ( 1 ) , recently e . g . by Danner ( 2 ) . Bohlin shows an average reduction of inj ury frequency of 4 8 % , see Fig . 1 . Danner found about the same average inj ury reduc tion . For severe head in­j uries he found even a 7 5 % reduct ion , in contrary for cervica l spine inj uries a n increase o f 2 1 % . Bohlin ' s inj uries are related to a l l impact type s , Danne r ' s only to f rontal impacts . A change and reduction of injuries has a l s o been s tated on the basis of a c omparison o f 1 0 0 frontal c o l l i s ions with and without belt usage ( 3 ) , see Fig . 2 .

The aim o f this paper i s to d i s c u s s f actors af f ecting the seat belt per formance in frontal c o l l i s ions , the most frequent and severe col l i s i on type . In-depth analyzed acc idents are in­vestigated with respect to the observed mis functions of the belt system . Mis functions , probably a f fecting the be lt e f f ic i ency , may be caused by the c ons truc tion o f belts , the handling o f belts , or by reasons induced from " outside " . This c l a s s i fication enab les furthermore to d i s tingui s h between unavoidable and avoidable " be lt-spe c i f i c " injuries ( 4 , 5 ) , whereby it is out of d i sc u s sion that the s e inj uries are mostly on lower or at least equ a l AIS level than the inj uries o f non-belted occupants in comparab le acc ident s . The corresponding probab i l i ty was given by Beier (6 ) in the order o f 9 9 % .

THE STRUCTURE OF THE SAMPLE

Our s ample c onsi s ts of a l together 2 5 5 belted occupants . The accidents were inves ti gated f rom 1 9 7 2 up to now on the scene by multidisciplinary team s * in Berlin and in Hannover and its environ s . Criterion f o r the inclus ion o f an accident i s that at least one occupant of the car - b e l ted or not - is i n j u red .

The d i s tribution of the involved be lted occupants to the impact direc tions is g iven in F i g . 3 :

* Research programs are sponsored by the Bundesanstalt für S traßenwe sen ( BAST ) , Köln

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frontal impact s ide impact rear impact rol lover , top , roof other

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6 occupants 255 occupants

For describing the acc ident seve rity and the represen­tativeness of the frontal col l i s ions in Fig . 4 1 1 5 out of the 1 6 0 occupants , the accumulative frequency of the velocity dv is shown and compared with results of Hartemann et al ( 7 ) and o f Wa lz ( 8 , 9 ) . The 5 0 % value i s 3 2 km/h . Fig . 5 demonstrates the scatter of the inj ury seve rity versus fl v . At the same speed change o f 1 2 m/s equivalent to 4 3 km/h extreme cases could be ob­s erved , fatal as we l l as lower inj ury seve rity .

Thi s paper deals only with the 1 4 8 injured three point belted occupants of f rontally impacted cars . Dropping the AIS 0 and AIS 1 inj ured occupants , only 3 8 occupants remain . They were divided into two groups , occupants wearing 3 -point- s tatic-be lts and 3 - point- automatic-be lts ( ELR , emergency locking retractor) respectively ( see Fig . 3 ) :

frontal impact , AIS > 2 : 3 -point-automatic-beTt 3 -point- s tatic-belt

BELT MISFUNCTION TYPES

2 2 occupants 1 6 occupants 38 occupants

The extreme scatte r of Fig . 5 shows that the f i gure o f j v i s insu f f ic ient to demons t rate " car re lated collis ion severe­ty" . The type of c rash pulse ( high or low dece leration leve l ) , spec i fic collision conditions ( e . g . intru s ion , overload ) , and spec i f i c condi t ions o f the occupants ( e . g . s i z e and age ) inf lu­ences the OAIS at the same �v . Furthermore , scatters o f OAIS are primarily related to the way of seat b e l t e f fectivene s s in s ingle case s . High or low b e l t e ff e ctivene s s can be c aused by a poor seat b e l t des ign as well as through wrang belt handl ing by the use r .

Parame ters , negativ e ly inf luencing the e f fectivenes s o f the belt system , can b e called "Mis func t i ons o f Belt Systems " . The following c la s s i fication seems to be poss ible :

1 • Des ign mis functions ( see Fig . 6 )

b e l t geometry ( e . g . lap be l t angle ) belt characte r i s t i c s ( e . g . b e l t brok e ) length o f the buckle part f i lm spool ef fect s t i f fne s s o f seating mounting of the seat

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characte r i s t i c s o f the dashboard in the knee contact area

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intrus ion of the s tee ring column

Handl ing mis functions ( see Fig . 7 )

seating posi tion forward* * belt s lack in the lap or shoulder belt* * position of the lap or shoulder belt* * inc lination o f the back rest

Induced mis functions ( see Fig . 8 )

veloc ity leve l intru s ion ove rload tear out o f anchor points mis location be fore impact f i re

Thi s clas s i f i cation o f m i s func tions enab les us to analyze avoidable and unavoidable ones ; furthe rmore , it c lari fies pos s i ­b i lities f o r preventive measures . Inj uries caused by des ign mis­functions can normally be prevented by the manufacture r . I n j uries due to handling mis functions c an be avoided through information and education of the occupants . I n j uries caused by induced rnis­function s are norma l ly not avoidab le .

The combination o f mis functions results in typical rnotion sequences as

exce s s ive forward movement subrnarining exc e s s ive forward movement o f the upper torso impac ting agai n s t the belt- loops with exc e s s ive re lative ve loc i ty

a l l these producing typ i c a l inj ury patte rns o f belt spec i f i c in­j uries ( 4) .

MISFUNCTIONS OF AUTOMATIC AND STATIC THREE POINT BELTS

In 1 9 7 5 Mackay ' s results ( 1 1 , 1 2 ) were : " intrusion in the cornpartment i s the most occuring comprornis ing factor to belt pe rformance '' and " incorrectly pos i tioned belts represent a parti­cular threat to the abdominal are a " . Behrens e t al ( 1 3 ) and Suren et al ( 1 4) found at the s arne Veh i c le Deformation Index ( VD I ) a s igni f icantly h igher OAIS leve l in case o f mis functions .

Our new results for the s e l e c ted 3 8 cases with OAIS > 2 are shown f or the

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Overall , 9 4 mis functions we re observed for the 3 8 occupants spreading up into

2 2 constructive mis func tions 3 3 hand ling mi s functions 3 6 induced mis func tions

3 age caused mis func tions

In the average , two mis func tions per pas senger and case occure d . The fol lowing most important mis func tions have been analyze d :

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s lack o f shoulder belt s lack o f lap be l t dashboard EA characte r i s t i c s pos ition lap b e l t

( 1 8 out 0 f 3 8 ) ( 1 5 out 0 f 3 8 ) ( 1 3 out of 3 8 ) ( 1 1 out 0 f 3 8 ) ( 1 1 out o f 3 8 ) ( 5 out o f 3 8 )

The lower dashboard repre sents a f requent cause o f in-j ur ies , espec ia l ly for the automatic-be lted drive r . The few cases " po s i tion lap belt" have a l l been very severe ( A I S 5 or 6 ) .

INJURY- INDUCING PARTS OF THE INTERIOR COMPARTMENT DURING THREE POINT AUTOMATIC AND THREE POTNT STATIC BELT USAGE

In the c l a s s i cal inve s tigation of Volvo ( 1 ) and a nowadays s tudy of Saab ( 1 5 ) the inj ury inducing parts of the interior compartment in a l l c o l l i s i on type s are evaluated . I t i s obvious that the importance o f the s tee ring column i s reduced and that the windshield has alme s t no more i n f luence ( see F i g . 1 ) .

Saab ( 1 5 ) stated that in many cases the belt sys tem it­s e l f repre sents the limit o f protection , in mos t cases however the contact to parts of the interior compartme n t . This result was also stated by Mackay et al ( 1 2 ) . Inj ury inducing parts and points of the compartment for the belted 1 4 8 f ront passengers are shown in F i g s . 1 2 - 1 5 . For the driver with automatic belt as we ll as with s tatic be lt ( see Figs . 1 2 and 1 3 ) the s teering system, the lower dashboard , and the belt i t s e l f are the dominant inj ury caus ing parts . The driver with s tatic b e l t s u f f e rs espec i ally in the impact to the s teering system rnore f requent and rnore severe i n j urie s . This i s supposed to be due to more be lt s lack and more forward displacement o f the drive r . For the f ront pas senger ( see Figs . 1 4 and 1 5 ) the belt i t s e l f is dominant in severe injurie s , e specia lly if the s tatic b e l t is used .

UNAVOIDABLE AND AVOIDABLE INJURIES

Some 4 0 % of the s u f fered inj uries of b e l ted occupants are caused by " Induced Mi s functions " and the re fore seem to be unavoidable even with nowadays be l t systems . Some 6 0 % of the inj uries are caused by " Constructive and Handling Mis function s " and the re fore seem to be avoidable to a great extent by a better des i gn and better handling of belt s y s terns . Spec i a l attention has to be paid

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to the lower dashboard , to the s tee ring systern and to the belt type .

With s tatic belts the share o f principa lly avoidable injuries drops to 5 0 % . Due to rnore s lack and the state of art being a few years behind static belts are worse cornpared to autornatic belts .

CONCLUSIONS

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The e f f ic i ency o f b e l t systerns i s a f fected by rnis­f unctions which can be c la s s i f ied into -des ign , hand l ing , and induced rnis functions .

For inj ured occupants with an OAI S > 2 leve l nearly a l l mi s functions appear ; the distribution is -c ons tructive mis func tions about 4 0 % handl ing mi s f unctions about 5 0 % induced mis func tions about 4 0 %

Unavoidable are at least 4 0 % o f the inj uries , avoidable are at maximum 6 0 % of the inj urie s .

The most important m i s f unctions are intru s ion , velocity , b e l t s lack , dashboard EA-characte r i s t ic s , lap be lt p o s i t ion .

The s tatic be l t behaves much wor s e cornpared to the automatic be lt .

No belt f a i led because o f tearing , e . g . at run- through- , buckle- o r anchor-plates as wel l as on seat f rame contact points .

In 3 out o f 2 5 5 cases the car burned .

For the driver , the c ontact with parts o f the interior c ompartment i s respon s i b le for the protect i on l irni t , for the passenger the belt i t s e l f .

* * The b e l t s lack and the posi tion o f the belt are measured in the case 9 a r d i rectly af ter the c o l l is ion by means o f a special manikin ( 1 6 ) .

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LITERATURE

( 1 ) Bohlin , Nils A s tatistical analys i s of 2 8 , 0 0 0 accident cases with emphasis on occupant restraint value 1 1 th S tapp Car Crash Conference , SAE , 1 9 6 7

( 2 ) Danner , M . Methode und Ergebnisbereiche der retrospektiven Unter­suchung Symposium Unfallforschung und Verkehrssicherheit Bundesanstalt für S traßenwesen ( BAST ) , Köln , 8 . Nov . 1 9 7 7

( 3 ) Langwieder , K . Aspekte der Fahrzeugsicherheit anhand einer Untersuchung von realen Un fällen Dissertation , Technische Universität Berlin , 1 9 7 5

( 4 ) Adomei t , D . ; Goegler , H . ; Vu- Han , V . Expected belt- spec i f ic in j u ry patterns dependent on the angle of impact I I Ird Int . Conference on Impact Trauma ( I RCOBI ) , Berlin , Germany , 7 . - 9 . September 1 9 7 7

( 5 ) Adomeit , D . Bleibende Veränderungen am S i cherheitsgurt- S i t z -System und Fahrzeuginnenraum zur Bewertung der Belastungsart des gurtgesicherten Insas sen beim Unf a l l Der Verkehrsunf a l l , Apri l 1 9 7 6 , He f t 4

( 6 ) Beier , G . I s t der Gurt gef ährlich? Symposium Unf a l l f orschung und Verkehrssicherheit Bundesanstalt für S traßenwesen ( BAST) , Köln , 8 . Nov . 1 9 7 7

( 7 ) Hartemann , F . , Tarriere , c . Synthesis of s tatistical data on traf f ic accidents in Franc e , West Germany , I taly and United Kingdom Fi f th Int . Techn . Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles , London , June 4 - 7 , England

( 8 ) Wal z , F . et a l Analysis of 1 1 4 k i l led and 2 0 5 severely injured ( OAIS > 2 ) seat belt users 6 th Int . Conference of the Int . Association for Accident and Tra f f ic Medicine ( IAATM) 3 1 . Januar - 4 . Februar 1 9 7 7 , Melbourne , Aus t ralia

( 9 ) Wal z , F . et a l Unf alluntersuchung S icherheitsgurte Eidgenössisches Just i z - und Polizei-Departement , Bern , Mai 1 9 7 7

( 1 0 ) Tscherne , H . and Appe l , H . Verletzungsmuster gurtgeschüt zter PKW- Insassen Deutsche Gesellschaf t für Chirurgie , 3 . 5 . - 5 . 5 . 1 9 7 8 , München , Deutschland

( 1 1 ) Mackay , G . M. et a l Serious Trauma t o Car Occipants Wearing Seat Belts I Ind Int . Conference on Biomechanics of Serious Trauma ( IRCOBI ) , Birmingham , England , 9 . - 1 1 . Sep . 1 97 5

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