The Effects of Vehicle Redesign on the Risk of Driver Death

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 684-690

  Farmer, Charles M ^a   Lund, Adrian K ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

crashworthiness; FARS; safety; vehicle design

Indexed keywords

CAR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; RISK; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; RISK; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84932649326     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1012584     Document Type: Article

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