Abstract
Prediction of injured body regions and injury severity from available accident data can lead to more appropriate and hastier emergency care for traffic accident casualties. The objective of this study was to develop a method to obtain the injury prediction equations by utilizing accident database consisting of numerous computer simulation results. Vehicle acceleration waveforms in frontal collision accidents were estimated using vehicle characteristics based on statistical analysis of full-wrap frontal collision test results in JNCAP and NHTSA. The estimated vehicle acceleration waveforms were found to be valid by comparing the injury value time responses and the movement of the occupant with those obtained in JNCAP.
