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As we have mentioned on a number of occasions, while the personal injury solicitors at YouClaim work hard to achieve maximum compensation for non-fault victims of car crashes every one of them aspires to see the day when car accident claims are halted because vehicle safety research has reached a point of total protection for the occupants of cars.
However, this day has yet to be realised and car accident claims continue to occur as drivers and passengers suffer various personal injuries on being involved in a road traffic accident.
Crash-test dummies are still important in car accident testing
Originally, dummies were used to evaluate ejector seats on US fighter planes, but as researchers continued their testing they noticed the airmen for whom they were developing safety devices in air planes were just as likely, if not more so, to be injured in car accidents involving the transport jeeps which took them to and from the airfields.
Dr David Hynd, head of the biomechanics and injury-prevention group at the Bracknell-based Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), is involved in crash-test dummy development in the UK.
Dr Hynd and his wife Marianne work together to develop crash-test "families" of dummies to mimic the varying weights, heights gender differences and bodily make-up of typical families &ndash bearing in mind of course that there is no such thing as a typical family anymore.
David Hynd says, "We have to make sure that they mimic, as far as possible, the human body in material and biomechanical terms. That means that the distribution of weight in the different parts of the body has to match the range of movement in the limbs; and we have to match the resilience of different types of tissue. We also, to a certain extent, try to copy the way that a person responds in a crash, which is down to the effect of muscle tone."
Crash-test dummy research has a long history of using donated cadavers and live volunteers to glean information for the development of more advanced dummies, but the team often struggle when it comes to getting information on how children's bodies react in car accidents.
"You can't do volunteer tests with children and of course cadaver tests are completely impossible as well,' she Marianne Hynd. "The only way we can get the biomechanical information about how children's bodies react during crash situations is from real-life crashes and we study those by recreating them in as much detail as possible."
Crash-test research is used alongside finite-element analysis (such as simulation software to visualise stresses inflicted upon a vehicle in a car accident) to develop car interiors and the restraints, airbags and protective structures which protect car drivers and their passengers.
Dr Hynd said, "One feeds into the other, but although there have been suggestions that computer simulation could replace crash testing, so far we've not found any substitute for doing these tests for real."
Car accident claims with YouClaim
While it is gratifying to know that centres of excellence like the TRL are in place to strive towards greater safety for the occupants of cars, it is also reassuring to know that should you be involved in a road traffic accident there are specialist car accident claim solicitors to care for you as well.
All the personal injury solicitors at YouClaim will strive to make sure you receive the maximum compensation you are entitled to after suffering personal injuries as a result of the negligence of another person and, as they are accredited by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, you can be assured of top-quality legal representation at all times.
If you want to talk to one of our knowledgeable legal advisers about making a car accident claim why not give us a call today on 0800 10 75 95 or contact us through Live Help. If you would like us to call you back then just fill in our online claim form and we will be able to discuss the eligibility of your claim at a time to suit you.
