Opportunities for reduction of fatalities in vehicle-guardrail collisions

Annual Proceedings - Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 31-48

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASH DATUMS; FATAL CRASHES; IN VEHICLES; LIGHT TRUCKS; OBLIQUE COLLISIONS; SIDE IMPACTS; UNITED STATES;

AUTOMOBILES; MEDICINE; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

GUARD RAILS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORCYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLES; MOTORCYCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52449103384     PISSN: 15400360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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