TechnoGranola
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Anyone have thoughts on this?
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/chop-htb090905.php and the specific quote I am referring to is this
The bolded part is what I am referring to. Is this referring ONLY to seatbelted kids? and ONLY if there is more than one passenger in the rear seat? It's sounding to me like the outboard position would be safest since you have a 50% chance of being on the side that isn't hit, whereas in the centre position, injury is the same for the centre seated position as the struck side outboard position (so in a side impact crash the centre position has 100% chance of being on the struck side, theoretically).
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/chop-htb090905.php and the specific quote I am referring to is this
"Effect of Increased Rear Row Occupancy on Injury to Seat Belt Restrained Children in Side impact Crashes"
Seat belt restrained children aged 4 to 15 who were riding in the rear row of passenger cars reduced their risk of injury by up to 58 percent in side-impact crashes if they were riding with another seat-belted passenger in the rear row. The data suggests that development of a restraint system that limits side-to-side motion would be effective in reducing injury during side-impact crashes.
Initial analyses showed that head injuries were the most frequent injury in all seating positions, with struck-side and center-seated occupants having similar risks of injury and non-struck side occupants at the lowest risk of injury.
The bolded part is what I am referring to. Is this referring ONLY to seatbelted kids? and ONLY if there is more than one passenger in the rear seat? It's sounding to me like the outboard position would be safest since you have a 50% chance of being on the side that isn't hit, whereas in the centre position, injury is the same for the centre seated position as the struck side outboard position (so in a side impact crash the centre position has 100% chance of being on the struck side, theoretically).
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