Effects of electronic stability control (ESC) on accidents: A review of empirical evidence

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Erke, Alena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accident; Electronic stability control; ESC; Head on collision; Meta analysis; Single vehicle accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; GROUND VEHICLES;

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL; META ANALYSIS; SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

CAR; ELECTRONICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRONICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 38149021369     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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