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Two of the 3 PMHS sustained rib fractures despite low levels of thorax deflection. We attribute this finding to individual variability in subject injury tolerance. Other response parameters exhibited lower levels of variability and characterize PMHS response to a potentially beneficial side impact countermeasure. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Traffic Injury Prevention to view the supplemental file.

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Though highly automated vehicles may eventually reduce the number of crashes and traffic fatalities in the future, there will be a transition period when these vehicles remain at risk from collisions with human-driven vehicles. These crashes could cause higher than anticipated rates of injury if occupants are less likely to be belted or tend to be in positions for which restraints are not optimized. This study highlights the need for future research on occupant response and countermeasure design for out-of-position occupants.