Crash-level analysis on passenger cars total secondary safety

International Journal of Crashworthiness

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 613-623

  Huang, Helai ^a   Hu, Shuiyan ^b   Zheng, Liang ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

car brands; crash aggressivity; crashworthiness; total secondary safety index; vehicle safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CRASHWORTHINESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION;

AGGRESSIVITY INDEX; CRASH AGGRESSIVITY; ORDERED LOGIT MODEL; SECONDARY SAFETY; SIGNIFICANCE TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEHICLE CRASHES; VEHICLE SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84907591678     PISSN: 13588265     EISSN: 17542111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13588265.2014.931540     Document Type: Article

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