Are SUVs dangerous vehicles?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 954-963

  Keall, Michael D ^a,b   Newstead, Stuart ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

4WD; Aggressivity; Crashworthiness; Primary safety; Secondary safety; SUV

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CRASHWORTHINESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PRIMARY SAFETY; SECONDARY SAFETY;

GROUND VEHICLES;

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 42749089021     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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