IIHS side crash test ratings and occupant death risk in real-world crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 500-507

  Teoh, Eric R ^a   Lund, Adrian K ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crash testing; Occupant protection; Side airbag; Side impact; Side impact dummy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRODUCT SAFETY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053521832     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.585671     Document Type: Article

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