Car size in U.K. crashes: The effects of user characteristics, impact configuration, and the patterns of injury

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 275-282

  Thomas, Pete ^a   Frampton, Richard ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car Sizes; Crash Direction; Injury; Mass; Real World

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAR; FACE INJURY; FATALITY; GENDER; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MASS; SEATBELT; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036895330     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580214631     Document Type: Article

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