A population based estimation of the driver protection provided by passenger cars: France 1996-2005

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1811-1821

  Martin, Jean Louis ^a,b   Lenguerrand, Erik ^a  

^a University Lyon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Car driver; Car mass; Crash compatibility; Driver age; Driver gender; Poisson regression; Secondary safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; PASSENGER CARS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CAR DRIVER; CAR MASS; CRASH COMPATIBILITY; DRIVER AGE; DRIVER GENDER; POISSON REGRESSION; SECONDARY SAFETY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049136711     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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