Rollover crashes: Predicting serious injury based on occupant, vehicle, and crash characteristics

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 835-842

  Conroy, Carol ^a   Hoyt, David B ^a   Eastman, A Brent ^b   Erwin, Steve ^c   Pacyna, Sharon ^d   Holbrook, Troy Lisa ^e   Vaughan, Teresa ^c   Sise, Michael ^f   Kennedy, Frank ^g   Velky, Tom ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS HEALTH   (United States)

^c Trauma Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Palomar Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Injuries; Injury severity; Motor vehicle crashes; Rollover

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEATS;

INJURIES; INJURY SEVERITY; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; ROLLOVER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 33745759012     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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