Are SUVs "Supremely Unsafe Vehicles"? Analysis of Rollovers and Injuries with Sport Utility Vehicles

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1840, 2003, Pages 167-177

  Khattak, Asad J ^a   Rocha, Marta ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PASSENGER CARS; PROBABILITY;

SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES (SUV); VEHICLE ROLLOVER;

LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES;

EID: 1842428117     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1840-19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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