Use of Fatal Real-Life Crashes to Analyze a Safe Road Transport System Model, Including the Road User, the Vehicle, and the Road

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 463-471

  Stigson, Helena ^a,b   Krafft, Maria ^a,b   Tingvall, Claes ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm and Folksam Research   (Sweden)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident Analysis; Fatal Crashes; Human Behavior; Road Safety; Vehicle Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 53549131961     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802335240     Document Type: Article

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