Safety impacts due to the incompatibility of SUVs, minivans, and pickup trucks in two-vehicle collisions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1987-1995

  Fredette, Marc ^a   Mambu, Lema Sikoti ^a   Chouinard, Aline ^b   Bellavance, François ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressivity; Crash severity; Crashworthiness; Incompatibility; Light trucks and vans; Logistic regression; Mass ratio

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILES; CRASHWORTHINESS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; UTILITY TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

AGGRESSIVITY; CRASH SEVERITY; INCOMPATIBILITY; LIGHT TRUCKS AND VANS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MASS RATIO;

TRUCKS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949129303     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.08.026     Document Type: Article

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