Transportation Expertise

In-Depth Crash Investigations (UMIVOR/CIREN)

Each year, UMTRI's team of experienced crash investigators conducts over 150 in-depth investigations of late-model vehicles involved in different types of crashes. Detailed measurements of the vehicle and information on occupant injuries are analyzed to determine the causes of injuries and to assess the performance of the latest technologies in occupant protection systems. Recent investigations have focused on crashes involving pregnant occupants, rollover crashes with seriously injured belt-restrained occupants, injuries caused by deploying airbags, side impacts with near-side occupants and side-impact airbags and curtains, offset-frontal crashes and lower-extremity injuries, and the deployment of advanced airbag systems in frontal crashes.

Selected projects in this area:

Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN)
Sponsor: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Investigator: Jonathan Rupp
06/01/2005 - 05/31/2010

Rehabilitation Engineering and Research Center for Wheelchair Transportation Safety
Sponsor: National Institute on Disabiity and Rehabilitation Research
Investigator: Lawrence Schneider
11/01/2001 - 10/31/2011

Stapp Car Crash Journal and Conference
Sponsor: Stapp, John Paul, Association
Investigator: Leda Ricci
01/01/2006 - 12/31/2011

Investigations of Rollover Crashes
Sponsor: Nissan Motor Company
Investigator: Kathleen DeSantis Klinich
10/01/2002 - 12/31/2003

Documentation of Rib Fractures from CT Scans
Sponsor:
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Investigations of Crashes Involving Pregnant Occupants
Sponsor: General Motors
Investigator: Kathleen DeSantis Klinich
08/19/1996 - 03/31/1999

Estimating Infant Head Injury Criteria and Impact Response
Sponsor: General Motors
Investigator: Kathleen DeSantis Klinich
11/01/1997 - 03/31/2000

Crash Investigations
Sponsor: AAMA
Investigator: Lawrence Schneider
01/01/1970 - 01/01/2007