Head-on collisions between passenger cars and heavy goods vehicles: Injury risk functions and benefits of autonomous emergency braking

2012 IRCOBI Conference Proceedings - International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 342-351

  Strandroth, Johan ^a,b   Rizzi, Matteo ^b,c   Kullgren, Anders ^b,c   Tingvall, Claes ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm and Folksam Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autonomous braking; CPR; Delta v; Heavy goods vehicle

Indexed keywords

CLOSING VELOCITY; CPR; CRASH PULSE; DELTA-V; FATAL CRASHES; FRONTAL COLLISION; FRONTAL CRASHES; HEAD-ON COLLISION; HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES; IMPACT SPEED; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INJURY RISK; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; RISK FUNCTION; SPEED REDUCTION;

AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; ESTIMATION; RISK PERCEPTION;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84867793359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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