Assessing the safety benefits of an advanced vehicular technology for protecting pedestrians

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 935-942

  Oh, Cheol ^a   Kang, Youn soo ^b   Kim, Wonkyu ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Transport Institute (KOTI)   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Active hood lift system; Advanced vehicular technology; Pedestrian safety; Safety benefits

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

ACTIVE HOOD LIFT SYSTEM; ADVANCED VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY; SAFETY BENEFITS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 42749089714     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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