Sentences with phrase «with occupant injuries»

«As these features are designed to protect the occupants of the vehicle, they impact the costs for coverages that deal with occupant injuries, such as medical expense, personal injury protection and uninsured / underinsured motorist.

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«The vehicle overturned with the occupants and six of the doctors died along with the driver while six others survived with various degrees of injuries.

«The private car driver and Dr. Kwame Ofori Boadu, aged 40 years, together with two occupants of the commercial bus sustained injuries and were rushed to Akim Oda Government Hospital for treatment, where victims Kwame Ofori Boadu, William Larbi and Kwabena Sefah aged 29 years, were referred to Emergency and Accident Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi for further treatment.

Air bags, head curtain side - impact, first and second row outboard seating positions with rollover sensor (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck injuries to front and outboard rear seat outboard occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.

In the event of a crash, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death

This is because small differences in occupants» heights or in their seating positions compared with the test dummies could result in a hard contact and high risk of serious head injury.

Other injury measures also were low, and the Prius's structure held up with minimal intrusion into the occupant compartment.

In the rear seat, the potential for serious injury is influenced by whether the seating position puts occupants» heads in proximity to areas designed with padding or something else to reduce impact forces versus areas with hard or unprotected structures.

For Acura and Mercedes vehicles with auto brake, claim frequency for injuries to the insured vehicle's occupants tended to be lower as well, while results were the opposite for Volvo.

Automakers are cooperating to reduce vehicle incompatibilities in both side and front collisions that lead to car occupant injuries, and a big part of this is to equip vehicles with side airbags.

Concern: In the event of a motor vehicle crash, necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the passenger seat occupant or other occupants possibly causing serious injury or death.

Though lacking air bags, the 1995 Tracker does come with standard rear - wheel, anti-lock brakes and a reinforced safety cage designed to minimize occupant injuries in crashes.

Air bags, head curtain side - impact, first and second row outboard seating positions with rollover sensor, includes third row seating positions with (AS3) passenger third row bench seat (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck injuries to front and rear seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.

Conequence: If the occupant is incorrectly classified, in the event of a crash necessitating airbag deployment, the airbag may deploy with greater or lesser force than appropriate, resulting in an increased risk of injury.

Thus occupants are able, if they prefer, to adjust the restraints away from direct contact with their heads, yet gain optimum protection against whiplash or more serious head / neck injuries.

2006 Nissan Xterra standard safety features include ABS driver and passenger airbags with occupant sensing deactivation for protection of smaller passengers from airbag launching injuries.

Yet, Janhavi survived with bruises while the driver and front passenger in the cab lost their lives and the rear seat occupants were subjected to serious injuries.

«If a vehicle's front - end structure absorbs and manages the crash energy so the occupant compartment remains largely intact, with little or no intrusion into the driver's space, then the dummy's movement can be controlled, and injury measures are likely to be low.

In a 2009 Institute study of vehicles with good ratings for frontal crash protection, small overlap crashes accounted for nearly a quarter of the frontal crashes involving serious or fatal injury to front seat occupants.

2015 Recall for certain model year 2005 - 2014 Mustang vehicles manufactured April 6, 2004, to June 21, 2014 whose driver airbag inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death

Air bags, dual - stage frontal and side - impact, driver and right - front passenger and head curtain side - impact, front and rear outboard seating positions with Passenger Sensing System (front passenger airbag status indicated on the inside rearview mirror)(Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck injuries to front and outboard rear seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.

Concern: In the event of a motor vehicle crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

«In contrast, occupants of the Camry and Accord with the optional airbags would be much more likely to survive a severe crash like this without serious injuries.»

Options and Safety Features: Nicely equipped with Air bags, dual - stage frontal and side - impact, driver and front passenger and side curtain for first, second and third row outboard passengers with Passenger Sensing System and roll over protection (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck injuries to front and rear seat occupants on the near side of certain side - impact collisions.

The cabin is cocooned with a number of airbags to save the occupants from injury from all possible directions.

Comfortable, Supportive Seating Ergonomic seats with a supportive internal structure and comfort padding are roomy and accommodating, the front seats are designed to help reduce the likelihood of neck injuries in rear collisions and have pronounced lateral support to help secure the occupant when cornering.

Air Bags Head Curtain Side - Impact First And Second Row Outboard Seating Positions With Rollover Sensor Includes Third Row Seating Positions With (As3) 3 - Passenger Third Row 50/50 Split - Bench Seat (Head Curtain Side Air Bags Are Designed To Help Reduce The Risk Of Head And Neck Injuries To Front And Rear Seat Occupants On The Near Side Of Certain Side - Impact Collisions.

To help ensure its occupants arrive safely at their destination, the 2013 xD is equipped with six airbags, active front headrests to help prevent whiplash injuries, and the Star Safety System's collection of accident - avoiding electronic aids.

Volvo, which equips all of its models with fixed head restraints rated good, also installs a whiplash injury prevention system — the seatback yields and partially rotates when loaded by an occupant's torso in a rear impact.

Personal injury protection coverage is sold in states with no - fault insurance systems and covers injuries to occupants of the insured vehicle regardless of who is at fault.

Front seats are equipped with pre-tensioners (double pre-tensioners for driver) that reel in to securing the occupant in the initial moments of a collision and force limiters that gently release the occupant to reduce the risk of injury.

In a 2009 IIHS study of vehicles with good ratings for frontal crash protection, small overlap crashes accounted for nearly a quarter of the frontal crashes involving serious or fatal injury to front seat occupants.

Concern: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

Head restraints with poor geometry can not be positioned this way for many occupants, so they can not begin to prevent whiplash injuries.

«If a car's front - end structure absorbs and manages the crash energy so the occupant compartment remains largely intact, with little or no intrusion into the driver's space, then the dummy's movement is likely to be controlled, and injury measures are likely to be low.

Concern: Hyundai is concerned that the bracket, which has relatively sharp edges, could make contact with a vehicle occupant during side curtain airbag deployment and cause a laceration or other injury.

The frequency of claims under bodily injury liability insurance, which covers injuries to occupants of other vehicles or to other road users, is 24 percent lower with the feature.

Concern: The affected vehicles are equipped with side curtain air bags and in the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the side curtain air bags, the incorrect A-pillar interior cover may adversely affect the performance of the side curtain air bags increasing the risk of occupant injury during a motor vehicle crash.

To protect the occupants from cervical spine injury in the event of a collision at the rear, the front seats feature crash - activated headrests, the rear seats come as standard with ISOFIX child seat fastenings.

Serious injury to the pet and the vehicle occupants could occur if the pet is unrestrained during sudden stopping or impact with another vehicle or structure.

Contrast that with a typical semi-tractor trailer that is 70 feet long and weighs up to 80,000 pounds and consider which driver or occupant is more likely to escape without an injury in any type of collision between these two classes of vehicles.

This is significant because the occupants of smaller passenger cars are at greater risk of serious or fatal injury in an accident with an SUV.

When passenger vehicles are involved in accidents with large trucks, the occupants of those cars are more likely to suffer serious and fatal injuries.

Occupant injury kinematics analysis, time distance and drag factor analysis with the use of the Vericom and V - Box Sport Systems, etc..

In Volvo vehicles involved in rear - end accidents of moderate severity, 21 percent of occupants indicated that they had experienced long - term consequences associated with soft tissue injury.

With side - impact crashes, vehicle damage and occupant injury are more likely to be severe; however, the severity varies based on the speeds and vehicle models involved in the collision.

It is even less likely that each of the occupants in a vehicle would sustain identical injuries, with identical complaints that lead to the same diagnoses from each health care practitioner.

However, just like with other personal injury claims, there are issues that must be evaluated when determining if a child victim premises liability exists, including issues related to owners and occupants, foreseeability, attractive nuisances, and open and obvious dangers — all of which are discussed below.

Accidents between a large tractor - trailer and a passenger vehicle lead to the occupants of the car suffering from serious injuries while the truck driver often walks away with little or no harm.

It is obvious which vehicle will sustain the most damage in a collision with a truck and which occupants are more likely to sustain serious bodily injuries.