Impact speed and a pedestrian's risk of severe injury or death

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 871-878

  Tefft, Brian C ^a  

^a AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident; Highway safety; Motor vehicle; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; AVERAGE RISK; HIGHWAY SAFETY; IMPACT SPEED; LIGHT TRUCKS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MOTOR VEHICLE; OVER SAMPLING; PEDESTRIAN; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS;

ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LOGISTICS; SPEED; TRUCKS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; UNITED STATES; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84870293996     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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