How do Euro NCAP results correlate with real-life injury risks? A paired comparison study of car-to-car crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 288-293

  Lie, Anders ^a   Tingvall, Claes ^b  

^a SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident Analysis; Crashworthiness; Euro NCAP; Injury Probability; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; EUROPE; INJURY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036894006     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580214632     Document Type: Article

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