Car-rear-impact-induced cervical spine injuries present a serious burden on society and, in
response, seats offering enhanced protection have been introduced. Seats are evaluated for …

A concept for a car seat offering enhanced safety has been developed and test models have
been built. Although this seat has been designed for the harder conditions in low mass …

The determination of the optimum seatback characteristics for the mitigation of serious and
catastrophic neck injury during high-speed rear-end collisions remains a topic of continued …

Neck injuries resulting from rear end car impacts have attracted increasing attention in
recent years. Although usually not life-threatening these injuries can have longterm …

This work addresses the problem of neck injuries following rear-end car collisions.
Biomechanics and sites of the injuries have been investigated. A new dummy neck has …

There is good evidence that seat design and impact severities in terms of delta-V and
acceleration plays a role in AIS 1 neck injury outcomes in the event of a rear impact. This …

Recent design characteristic changes in a small segment of production passenger car front
seats have focused attention on the influence of seat back strength on occupant kinematics …

Objectives: In the 1990s, research was conducted at General Motors R&D Center on seat
safety in rear impacts. It led to the development of high retention seats and an active head …

Accident data suggest that a significant percentage of rear impacts involve occupants seated
in other than a" Normal Seated Position". Pre-impact acceleration due to steering, braking or …

The influence of different seat properties on the head-neck motion during a low-velocity rear-
end impact was tested using a Hybrid III-dummy fitted with a modified neck (RID-neck). The …