Analysis of Malaysian pregnant driver with restraint system during automotive collision of a multi-purpose vehicle. In: Southeast Asia Safer Mobility Symposium 2013, 21 October 2013, Road Transport Academy (APJ), Melaka, Malaysia. (In Press) (2013)
Abstract
Placenta abruption is the most common injury sustained by pregnant driver in motor vehicle accident and the leading cause of foetal loss. Unrestraint pregnant women involved in crash are highly exposed to injury and foetal loss risks. The objective of this study is to investigate the efficiency of restraint system i.e. seat belt and airbag, for protecting pregnant drivers while driving. A 5th percentile female ATD with instrumented pregnant capsule was seated in driver position in a Multi-purpose vehicle (MPV). The MPV was then collided against ODB in frontal offset crash test at 64km/h. The result showed high pregnant lady’s peak pelvic acceleration (115.39g) and foetus head HIC value (398 HIC).
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Keywords: | Pregnant driver, Seat belts, Crash test, Restraint system |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > College of Engineering > Civil Engineering > Geotechnical and Transportation By Subject > College of Engineering > Mechanical Engineering > Automotive |
| Local Content Hub: | Subjects > College of Engineering |
| Depositing User: | Farleen Azrina Zamberi |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2022 05:00 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2022 05:00 |
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