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An in-depth study of abdominal injuries sustained by car occupants in frontal crashes

The paper uses real world crash injury data to indicate which seatbelt design features have the greatest effect on abdominal injury reduction as well as providing detailed anatomical data concerning which parts of the abdomen are injured in current motor vehicle crashes. The results are being used by Toyota to re-design their rear seatbelt systems and to guide the design and development of a new, biofidelic dummy abdomen insert to be used in testing. Toyota form part of an international working group designing and developing this new insert.

The research stemmed from work commissioned by Toyota Motor Company in 2011 and the paper includes Toyota staff in the author list. This paper was peer reviewed by the scientific programme committee of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM) and was presented at the 2012 AAAM international conference. It was subsequently published in the AAAM journal.