3 Stages of a Crash

Three Stages of a Crash:

#1: Vehicle crash, vehicle strikes an object.

#2: Human Crash, occupants hit vehicle interior.

#3: Internal crash, internal organs hit other organs or the skeletal system.

#1: Vehicle Crash:

The vehicle strikes an object causing it to buckle and bend as it hits the object and comes to an abrupt stop.
The front end absorbs some of the force of the crash and cushions the rest of the vehicle, allowing the passenger compartment a more gradual stop.

#2: Human Crash:

The vehicles unbelted occupants hit some part of the vehicle.
At the moment of impact, unbelted occupants are still traveling at the original speed.
The vehicle comes to a complete stop and they will slam into the steering wheel, windshield, dashboard, seat or other interior surface.
Person-to-person impact. Unbelted occupants will collide with each other or a belted occupant. This will cause serious or fatal injuries.
Unbelted rear-seat occupants become high speed bullets, striking those in the front seats, causing death to greatly increase!

#3: Internal Crash:

Even after a human body comes to a complete stop, the internal organs are still moving, suddenly these internal organs slam into other organs or the skeletal system. This internal collision is what often causes serious injury or death.

“In the 4000+ collisions that I’ve covered as a state trooper, I’ve yet to pull a dead person out of a seatbelt, it’s never happened.” Don Moseman, Colorado State Police