Antilock brakes and risk of front and rear impact in two-vehicle crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 315-323

  Evans, Leonard ^a   Gerrish, Peter H ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilock brakes; Brakes; Crashes; Front impact; Rear impact; Traffic crashes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK; SAFETY;

AUTOMOBILES; BRAKES; BRAKING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTILOCK BRAKES; CRASHES; FRONT IMPACT; REAR IMPACT; TRAFFIC CRASHES; VEHICLE BRAKING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0030131678     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(95)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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