Abstract
Unexpected backward fall caused by vehicle on the pedestrian crossing or on the supermarket parking space, by slipping on the road or by external force acting against the chest followed by the backward fall is a very frequent phenomenon and can affect anyone. Especially the back and temporal part of the head are getting in contact with the ground during this uncontrolled motion and depending on the impact strength and surface properties it can cause serious injury.
This study addresses a kinematic analysis of probands' backward fall (voluntary fall, chest impact fall, slipping fall) and correlates it with a dummy-based data and subsequently with the data from head-surface interaction. From the measured head acceleration we can therefore calculate head injury criteria related to individual kinematic analyses and values during the fall.