The combined benefits of motorcycle antilock braking systems (ABS) in preventing crashes and reducing crash severity

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 297-303

  Rizzi, Matteo ^a   Kullgren, Anders ^a   Tingvall, Claes ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABS; antilock; crash avoidance; crash severity; impairing injuries; motorcycle; PTW

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MOTORCYCLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; MOTORCYCLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK; SWEDEN; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84961202066     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1061660     Document Type: Article

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