Comparison of roadside crash injury metrics using event data recorders

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 548-558

  Gabauer, Douglas J ^a   Gabler, Hampton C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASI; Comparison; Event data recorders; Flail space model; Injury criteria; Roadside

Indexed keywords

DATA RECORDING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEED CONTROL;

ACCELERATION SEVERITY INDEX (ASI); EVENT DATA RECORDERS; OCCUPANT IMPACT VELOCITY (OIV); ROADSIDE CRASH INJURY METRICS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40149090313     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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