The effectiveness of lane departure warning systems—A reduction in real-world passenger car injury crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 225-229

  Sternlund, Simon ^a,b   Strandroth, Johan ^a,b   Rizzi, Matteo ^b,c   Lie, Anders ^a,b   Tingvall, Claes ^b,d  

^a SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm and Folksam Research   (Sweden)

^d Dept of EEE   (India)

Author keywords

cars; effectiveness; injury; lane departure; lane keeping; lateral support; LDW; safety

Indexed keywords

CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85009753468     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2016.1230672     Document Type: Article

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