A New Resource

Courtesy of Attorney's Medical Services, Inc comes this video, Low Speed Vehicular Crash Tests.

From the website:

This 5 minute video uses the Hybrid II crash test dummy to demonstrate key facts about rear impact automobile collisions, while dispelling often used myths such as: - No property damage means low speed - Bumpers are damaged in any collision over 5 m.p.h. - Damage analysis can prove a collision was a low speed impact - Forces on the body in an automobile crash are like sitting in a chair.

The video also demonstrates that, in a rear impact, there are forces applied to the occupant that match the locations of commonly diagnosed injuries of the back and neck. While automobile collisions vary, the tests shown in this video are applicable to most rear end crashes. Variation from the baseline depicted in this test will typically result in greater injury potential.