Table 3:

Mean values for the three chest injury groups from the NASS database.

	PC− and Chest Injury−	PC− and Chest Injury+	PC+ and Chest Injury+
Maximum Crush	20.38 cm	30.22 cm	47.45 cm
Crush Area	1885.37 cm2	3564.34 cm2	6448.19 cm2
DV/BES	16.35 kph	23.30 kph	35.43 kph
Energy	26.28 kJ	50.96 kJ	107.77 kJ
Age	33.67 years	42.76 years	37.03 years
BMI	26 kg/m2	26 kg/m2	26 kg/m2
ISS	0.82	7.24	25.66
Male : Female	1.13:1	1.03:1	1.572:1