Vehicle weight and fatality risk for sport utility vehicle—versus—passenger car crashes

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 751-753

  Mayrose, James ^a   Jehle, Dietrich V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash; Fatality ratio; Sport utility vehicle; Vehicle weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FATALITY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT;

EID: 0036797172     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200210000-00022     Document Type: Article

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