Comparative analysis of vehicle-bicyclist and vehicle-pedestrian accidents in Japan

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 927-940

  Maki, Tetsuo ^a,e   Kajzer, Janusz ^b,e,f   Mizuno, Koji ^c,e   Sekine, Yasufumi ^d  

^a NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

^b Kabimec Consulting   (Sweden)

^c National Traffic Safety and Environmental Laboratory   (Japan)

^d Inst Traffic Accident Res/Data A   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accident; Bicyclist; Head injury; Impact behavior; Impact point; Leg injury; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BICYCLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

IMPACT BEHAVIOR;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; JAPAN; LEG INJURY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BICYCLING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEG INJURIES;

EID: 0041328610     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00101-X     Document Type: Article

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