Fatal vehicle-to-bicyclist crashes in Sweden - An in-depth study of injuries and vehicle sources

Annals of Advances in Automotive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 25-30

  Fredriksson, Rikard ^a   Bylund, Per Olof ^b   Oman, Mikael ^b  

^a AUTOLIV RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ANALYSIS; HEAD/NECK INJURIES; IN-DEPTH STUDY; INJURY MECHANISMS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; SELECTION CRITERIA; STRUCTURAL PARTS; VEHICLE IMPACT;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; VEHICLES; WINDSHIELDS;

ACCIDENTS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HEAD; HUMAN; INJURY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SWEDEN; THORAX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEAD; HUMANS; SWEDEN; THORAX; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84867804667     PISSN: 19432461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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