Is Passenger Vehicle Incompatibility Still a Problem?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 585-591

  Teoh, Eric R ^a   Nolan, Joseph M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aggressivity; Compatibility; Crashworthiness; EVC; Light trucks; Passenger vehicles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRODUCT SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869429536     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.676222     Document Type: Article

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