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The main goal of this paper is to determine the differences regarding the head injury risk of a pedestrian in comparison with a cyclist which is not wearing a helmet. The secondary objective is to study the kinematics behavior for both pedestrian respectively the cyclist during the collision. In order to obtain accurate results, two crash-tests were performed using a dummy which had mounted a tri-axial accelerometer in the head. Using head acceleration values we were able to determine the head injury risk.
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Tolea, B., Tarulescu, S., Trusca, D.D., Toganel, G., Radu, A.I. (2017). The Assessment of the Head Injury of a Pedestrian in Comparison with a Cyclist. In: Chiru, A., Ispas, N. (eds) CONAT 2016 International Congress of Automotive and Transport Engineering. CONAT 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45447-4_88
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