According to the research, the report related traffic accident statistics of elderly occupants in 2009 that was published by Samsung Traffic Safety Research Institute, the injury risk of elderly is higher than the people aged 25 to 54. Especially, the...
According to the research, the report related traffic accident statistics of elderly occupants in 2009 that was published by Samsung Traffic Safety Research Institute, the injury risk of elderly is higher than the people aged 25 to 54. Especially, the elderly occupants exposed higher risk in thorax, head and abdomen. The thoracic injury risk is 2.6 times higher than other ages. And the head injury is 1.3 times higher and abdomen injury is 1.9 times higher. Currently, Hybrid Ⅲ 50%tile dummies are utilized by the safety standards and regulation test of the frontal impact. However, the Hybrid Ⅲ 50%tile dummy is limited to predict the thoracic injury of the elderly occupants. So we have modified the thorax part of Hybrid Ⅲ 50%tile dummy to predict the thoracic characteristic of elderly.