Efficacy of side airbags in reducing driver deaths in driver-side car and SUV collisions

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-170

  McCartt, Anne T ^a   Kyrychenko, Sergey Y ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Airbags; Side airbags; Side impact collisions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CLASSIFICATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248526073     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580601173875     Document Type: Article

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