FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS AND THE LOWER EXTREMITIES OF BELTED DRIVERS IN CAR-TO-CAR FRONTAL COLLISIONS

The cases were retrospectively taken from the files of the Heidelberg police road accident division for the year 1987 to 1990 and from autopsy protocols for the years 1983 to 1990 at the Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Heidelberg. The results of this study proved that the probability of leg fractures increases with increasing EES, but additionally the individual deformation of the footwell and the individual anthropometry of the occupant has to be considered. (A)