Driver HIC: unknown
Driver Chest G: unknown
Passenger HIC: unknown
Passenger Chest G: unknown
Severe Injury Risk: Unknown. See below. Likely above 90% for both occupants.
Test Date: Monday, November 27, 1978
The instrumentation failed 68 milliseconds into the crash. At that time, the head injury criteria measured were negligible (66 for driver and 43 for passenger), as well as passenger chest G's (15 g's). However, the driver had already recorded 90 chest G's, enough that the likelihood of severe injury would be at least 65% based on that alone. Although the measurement was recorded around 55 milliseconds, it is still possible that the peak chest G loading was not recorded and was even more severe than 90 g's.
The driver's head hit the upper dash with a severe impact and the passenger's head and chest hit the windshield and dashboard with a severe impact.
Based on the visual evidence, I am estimating the driver's HIC at 1,000 to 2,000, the driver's chest G's at 90 to 110, the passenger's HIC at 1,500 to 2,500, and the passenger's chest G at 70 to 100. It's possible that one or more of the true measurements are outside this range. If the measurements for the occupants were at the low ends of these ranges, the severe injury risk would be 72% for driver and 71% for passenger; at the high end, virtually 100% for each.
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