A field data analysis of risk factors affecting the injury risks in vehicle-to-pedestrian crashes

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine - 52nd Annual Scientific Conference

Volumn 52, Issue , 2008, Pages 199-213

  Zhang, Guanjun ^a   Cao, Libo ^a   Hu, Jingwen ^b   Yang, King H ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; OPERATING ROOMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLES; WINDSHIELDS;

CRASH FACTORS; FIELD DATA ANALYSIS; FRONTAL COLLISIONS; FRONTAL CRASHES; HEAD INJURIES; IMPACT SPEED; IN VEHICLES; INJURY RISKS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER EXTREMITIES; LOWER EXTREMITY INJURIES; ODDS RATIOS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSITION POINTS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849083779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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