Investigation of occupant fatalities and injuries during the impact of vehicle and road safety barrier;Keleivių mirties atvejų ir sužeidimų tyrimas transporto priemonei susidūrus su kelio saugos atitvarais

Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Keršys, Arturas ^a   Pakalnis, Algis ^b   Lukoševičius, Vaidas ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

^b State Enterprise Transport and Road Research Institute ^*  (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Computer simulations of impact; Injury criteria; Road restraint systems; Safety barriers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; STANDARDS; VEHICLES;

ACCELERATION SEVERITY INDICES; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; IMPACT SIMULATION; INJURY CRITERIA; INJURY CRITERION; ROAD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS; ROAD SAFETY BARRIERS; SAFETY BARRIERS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

EID: 79960083910     PISSN: 1822427X     EISSN: 18224288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/bjrbe.2011.01     Document Type: Article

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