Automated Vehicles and Pedestrian Safety: Exploring the Promise and Limits of Pedestrian Detection

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 1-7

  Combs, Tabitha S ^a   Sandt, Laura S ^b   Clamann, Michael P ^b   McDonald, Noreen C ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATED VEHICLE; COLOMBIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RATE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADULT; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; HUMANS; PEDESTRIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85058900183     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.06.024     Document Type: Article

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