The American population is getting heavier and automated vehicles will accommodate
unconventional postures. While studies replicating mid-size and upright fore-aft seated …

Objective Highly automated vehicles may permit alternative seating postures, which could
alter occupant kinematics and challenge current restraint designs. One predicted posture is …

The objective of the present study was to analyze injuries and their patterns to obese
occupants in frontal impacts with upright and reclined postures using experimental data …

Frontal impacts with reclined occupants are rare but severe, and they are anticipated to
become more common with the introduction of vehicles with automated driving capabilities …

Objective: Up to one-half of drivers swerve before a crash, which may cause vehicle motions
that displace an occupant from a normal seated position. How these altered postures affect …

Objective: One potential nonstandard seating configuration for vehicles with automated
driving systems (ADS) is a reclined seat that is rear-facing when in a frontal collision. There …

The objective of this study was to document the motion and potential injury mechanisms of
obese occupants in frontal car crashes compared to a control group of nonobese occupants …

The reality of the autonomous vehicle in a near future is growing and is expected to induce
significant change in the occupant posture with respect to a standard driving posture. The …

The increased utilization of three-point restraint systems has greatly reduced the incidence
of spinal injuries in motor vehicle accidents. Nevertheless, several studies which rely upon …

Background Previous studies have shown that occupants with obesity are at a greater risk of
fatality and serious injury than other occupants in motor vehicle crashes. Objective To …