How do people sit in cars? Reproducibility of vehicle seat and body positions for individual occupants

Authors

Kobie Henson, St. Mary's University
Nathan Sadler, St. Mary's University

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Contributor

Jack Leifer (Trinity University)

Digital Publisher

Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

Publication Date

Spring 2025

Keywords

Automobiles; Cars; Reproducibility

Description

Some crash investigators have assumed that different people having the same stature and gender will reliably choose the same (or a similar) seat adjustments each time they sit in a specific make and model of automobile [Lee]. Knowledge of how a person sits in an automobile is important, because position and seat adjustment can have a significant influence on the way force is distributed throughout a human body during a collision, as they move relative to the vehicle and then contact various components within the interior [West]. However, conclusions reached from such exemplar studies depend on whether assuming that similar-sized people sit and adjust their seat in the same way in the same vehicle is correct.

Format

pdf

Size

1 page

City

San Antonio, Texas

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