Table 41         Proposed Tolerance Levels For The Knee Dislocation Injury Criterion

Injury Level

Injury Tolerance Level

Equivalent AIS

Equivalent

Legislation

Equivalent EuroNCAP

Frontal

Dislocation of the knee

Longitudinal shear displacement

-

 

Equivalent Femur Force

0

(No Injury)

<8 mm

0

-

Green <5 mm

Yellow <8 mm

1

(Soft tissue injury))

8 – 15 mm

1

-

Orange <12 mm

Brown <15 mm

2

(Rupture Cruciate ligament)

>15 mm

3

European Frontal Impact 96/79/EC

15mm

Red >15 mm

3

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

-

-