Relationships of frontal offset crash test results to real-world driver fatality rates

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-37

  Farmer, Charles M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Correlation; Crashworthiness; Fars; Occupant Protection; Vehicle Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DRIVER; FATALITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15244364127     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580590928981     Document Type: Article

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