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Injury Analysis of a 12-passenger Van Rollover Accident

12인승 밴 전복사고의 상해 분석

  • 김상철 (충북대학교병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 최형연 (홍익대학교 기계.시스템디자인공학과) ;
  • 김병우 (한국교통대학교 응급구조학과) ;
  • 박관진 (충북대학교병원 응급의학과) ;
  • 안성민 (현대자동차그룹 자동차 R&D사업부) ;
  • 이강현 (연세대학교 원주의과대학 응급의학과)
  • Received : 2018.01.16
  • Accepted : 2018.02.09
  • Published : 2018.03.31
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Abstract

The fatality of rollover accidents in motor vehicle crashes is high despite their low incidence. Through the investigation of a 12-passenger van rollover accident in which 10 passengers were involved, we intend to analyze the correlation between the severity of the injury and the position of the occupants. We collected accident information from medical records, interviews, photo-images of the damaged van, field surveys, and the results of the Korean New Car Assessment Program (KNCAP). Based on the occupants' position, we classified injury sites and estimated injury severity. Passenger injury severity was evaluated by trauma score calculation. The initiation type of the rollover accident was passenger side 'fall-over' and the Collision Deformation Classification (CDC) code for the damaged van was 00TDZO3. The crash of the van involved 10 passengers, with an average age of $16.3{\pm}4.2years$. Few of the occupants had fastened seat belts at the time of the incident, and there was no airbag installed. One patient sustained severe liver injury and another was diagnosed with a fracture of the right humerus. The most common injuries were at the upper extremities and the neck. The average of Injury Severity Score (ISS) was $4.8{\pm}5.9$, and the average ISS of right-seated, mid-seated and left-seated occupants was $7.5{\pm}9.3$, $1.5{\pm}0.7$, and $3.3{\pm}2.1$ respectively (p>0.05). In the rollover (to-passenger side) accident of occupant unfastened, the average ISS of right-seated occupants (near side) was higher, but there was no statistically significant difference.

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