Confidence limits for impact speed estimation from pedestrian projection distance

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-228

  Simms, Ciaran K ^a   Wood, D P ^b   Walsh, D G ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Denis Wood Associates   (Ireland)

^c Dr J H Burgoyne and Partners LLP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidence limits; Pedestrian collisions; Prediction uncertainty; Throw distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942504921     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1533/ijcr.2004.0283     Document Type: Article

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