Car size and injury risk: A model for injury risk in frontal collisions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-99

  Wood, Denis P ^a   Simms, Ciaran K ^a  

^a Denis Wood Associates   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dissimilar cars; Energy absorption; Injury risk; Mass; Size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; MECHANICS; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; MECHANICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035981287     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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