Comparison Between Euro NCAP Test Results and Real-World Crash Data

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 587-593

  Kullgren, Anders ^a   Lie, Anders ^b   Tingvall, Claes ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Disability; Euro NCAP; Impairment; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PRODUCT SAFETY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649721520     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.508804     Document Type: Article

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