Motorcycle crashes into road barriers: The role of stability and different types of barriers for injury outcome

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 328-341

  Rizzi, Matteo ^a,b   Strandroth, Johan ^b,c   Sternlund, Simon ^b,c   Tingvall, Claes ^b,c   Fildes, Brian ^d  

^a Stockholm and Folksam Research   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crash; Injury risk; Motorcycle; Road barrier; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANTILOCK BRAKES; BARRIER TYPES; CRASH; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; INJURY RISK; INJURY SEVERITY; MEAN-RISK; POLICE RECORDS; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; ROAD BARRIER; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; UPRIGHT POSITION;

BIOMECHANICS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FRICTION MATERIALS; RESEARCH; ROADS AND STREETS;

MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 84867797376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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