Can new passenger cars reduce pedestrian lower extremity injury? A review of geometrical changes of front-end design before and after regulatory efforts.

CONCLUSIONS: The present study reviewed the geometrical changes of car front-end along with the regulatory concern on pedestrian safety. A preliminary quantitative benefit of the lower extremity injury reduction was estimated based on these geometrical features. Towards a comprehensive understanding of the role that car designs play in pedestrian protection, further investigation is recommended on the structural changes and inclusion of more accident scenarios. PMID: 26890318 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research