Indexing crash worthiness and crash aggressivity by major car brands

Safety Science

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-347

  Huang, Helai ^a   Hu, Shuiyan ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Car brand; Car origin; Crash aggressivity; Crash compatibility; Crash worthiness

Indexed keywords

CAR BRAND; CAR ORIGIN; CRASH AGGRESSIVITY; CRASH COMPATIBILITY; DRIVER INJURY; EXTERNAL FACTORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION);

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAR; CAR BRAND; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASH AGGRESSIVITY; CRASH WORTHINESS; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885902265     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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