Vehicle mass as a determinant of fuel consumption and secondary safety performance

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 385-399

  Tolouei, Reza ^a   Titheridge, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driver injury risk; Fuel consumption; Secondary safety performance; Vehicle fleet; Vehicle mass

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUEL ECONOMY; FUELS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE; VEHICLES;

CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DRIVER INJURY; MASS DISTRIBUTION; SECONDARY SAFETY; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; VEHICLE DESIGN; VEHICLE FLEETS; VEHICLE MASS;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

DESIGN; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MASS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 67649529412     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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