U.S. Consumer crash test results and injury risk in police-reported crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-127

  Newstead, Stuart V ^a   Narayan, Sanjeev ^a   Cameron, Maxwell H ^a   Farmer, Charles M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crash Test; Crashworthiness; Data Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Vehicle Occupant; Vehicle Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CAR DRIVING; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY SCALE; MEASUREMENT; POLICE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATABASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLICE; SEAT BELTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038445145     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309865     Document Type: Article

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