Pedestrian risk from cars and sport utility vehicles - A comparative analytical study

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1085-1100

  Simms, C K ^a   Wood, D P ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Denis Wood Associates   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Front end shape; Injury risk; Pedestrian safely; SUV

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BUMPERS; AUTOMOBILES; DATA REDUCTION; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FRONT-END SHAPE; INJURY RISK; PEDESTRIAN SAFELY; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES (SUV);

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 33947598458     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO319     Document Type: Article

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