Crash protectiveness to occupant injury and vehicle damage: An investigation on major car brands

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-136

  Huang, Helai ^a   Li, Chunyang ^a   Zeng, Qiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian bivariate hierarchical ordered logistic model; Crash aggressivity; Crash worthiness; Occupant protectiveness; Vehicle protectiveness

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; VEHICLES;

AGGRESSIVITY INDEX; BIVARIATE; CONTROL VARIABLE; CRASH AGGRESSIVITY; ESTIMATION RESULTS; EXTERNAL FACTORS; OCCUPANT PROTECTIVENESS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CAR; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRODUCT SAFETY; SAFETY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; BAYES THEOREM; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84946606076     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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