The Nation's Largest Learning Laboratory
The Nation's Largest Learning Laboratory

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Published: 1996

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CIREN, founded in 1996, the Crash Injury Research & Engineering Network, is a group of trauma centers and their associated universities in different parts of the U.S. that are linked by computers and that share information concerning injuries due to automobile accidents. The goal of CIREN, funded by NHTSA and General Motors, is to design safer cars to help prevent severe injuries from accidents. Some of the documents available at CIREN include general information about CIREN, and papers from a conference sponsored by CIREN.

Automotive Crash Injury Research
Automotive Crash Injury Research

Author: Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory

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Published: 1967

Total Pages: 76

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Tabulated in this report are distributions of degree of occupant injury for three car weight groups, in seven principal types of accidents, for three seated positions, and for six body styles of cars.

Characteristics of Crash Injuries Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Drivers
Characteristics of Crash Injuries Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Drivers

Author: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-09-14

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781492399919

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One of the most important factors that affects a person's risk of injury in a motor vehicle crash is the age of the person. This study investigates patterns of injury severity, location of injuries, and contact sources for the driver injuries by driver age. Based on the data from NHTSA's National Automotive Sampling System — Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS) from 1993 through 2004, this study examines in great detail the driver injury severity, injured body regions, and injury contact sources by driver age in rollover and non-rollover real-world traffic crashes. The effect of seat belt use on injury patterns is also investigated.

NHTSA Oversight of Safety Defects and New Automotive Technologies
NHTSA Oversight of Safety Defects and New Automotive Technologies

Author: Violet Clarke

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Published: 2016

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 9781536103762

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce the economic costs due to traffic crashes. As such, NHTSA is responsible for overseeing vehicle safety, a task made more challenging by the increasingly complex electronics and software used in today's vehicles. NHTSA's oversight faces greater scrutiny after a series of high-profile vehicle recalls that highlighted deficiencies with NHTSA's safety-defect investigation processes. This book addresses challenges identified for NHTSA's oversight of safety defects; NHTSA's implementation of a new IT system for safety-defect investigations; and how NHTSA is addressing new technologies in its oversight of vehicle safety, among other things.