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From accident analysis, it has been noticed that neck injuries are mostly caused by rear-end collisions. By way of example, we quote the following: In a Dutch study conducted in the 1980s [1], neck injuries made up 51.6% of all the lesions found in the drivers of cars involved in rear-end collisions (Table 1). In a Japanese study conducted at the beginning of the 1990s [2], the neck injury percentage in rear-end collisions increased to 80%.
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Ardoino, P.L. (1996). Kinematics and Dynamics of the Vehicle/Seat/Occupant System Regarding Whiplash Injuries. In: Cesarani, A., et al. Whiplash Injuries. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2293-5_3
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