Protecting the vulnerable by design – a tribute to Dinesh Mohan(1945–2021)

Figures & data

Figure 1. Experiments to assess whether parents can hold on to infants during a crash.

(Mohan & Schneider, 1979)

Figure 2. Safer thresher design, including modifications to chute, and height and stability of standing platform (Mohan & Qadeer, 1990).

Figure 3. Simulation of an autorickshaw-bus impact at 60 ms and 150 ms, and effect of design modifications, including rearward facing passenger seat, driver restraints, and deformable bus-front (Mohan et al., 1997).

Caption: Dinesh Mohan, 2019.

Caption: Dinesh Mohan lecturing at the Road Safety Course held at the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, February 21-23, 2015.

Caption: Participants at the 2016 International Course on Transportation Planning and Safety, which has been hosted at IIT Delhi, India, annually since 1990.

Mohan, D., & Schneider, L. W. (1979). An evaluation of adult clasping strength for restraining lap-held infants. Human Factors, 21(6), 635–645. https://doi.org/10.1177/001872087912210601

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Mohan, D., & Qadeer, I. (1990). Safety of agricultural insturments: Report to the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART). Center for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

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