Nope. It was a study by a German, Dr. Dietmar Otte, of accidents in Germany and the UK in the 90s. The study came out in 2001
Article in the
Journal of Trauma that appears to be the original study, for you academics. It's painful to read (see what I did there? Lord, I crack myself up sometimes....)
http://www.smf.org/docs/articles/hic...MC_JTrauma.pdf
Something very interesting and a bit more approachable here:
https://clas-pages.uncc.edu/visualrh...mpact-diagram/
Aaaand just to round it out, work from the CDC that's worth checking out:
http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafet...revention.html