The term dashboard injury may be applied to a range of injuries associated with a front seat passenger impacting the dashboard during an accident.
Types of injuries depending on what comes into contact with the dashboard:
(1) "dashboard" knee
(2) proximal femoral fracture or posterior dislocation (typically secondary to knee impact)
(3) anterior neck (padded dashboard syndrome)
Knee injuries may include:
(1) fracture of the patella
(2) tear, rupture or avulsion of the posterior cruciate ligament
(3) intra-articular foreign body driven in during the impact (with a laceration at point of entry)
(4) meniscus tear
The driver is more likely to have steering wheel or brake pedal related injuries.
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Specialty: Surgery, orthopedic, Emergency Medicine
