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 |
- |
- |
- |
- |