Effect of fuel economy on automobile safety a reexamination

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1941, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Ahmad, Sanjana ^a   Greene, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PASSENGER CARS; POWER CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY (CAFE); REEXAMINATION;

FUEL ECONOMY;

EID: 33646430045     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1941-01     Document Type: Conference Paper

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