The causes of head injury in vehicle-pedestrian impacts: Comparing the relative danger of vehicle and road surface

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Kendall, Robert ^a   Meissner, Mark ^a   Crandall, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISKS; SPEED; VEHICLES;

BODY ORIENTATION; GROUND IMPACT; HEAD INJURIES; PEDESTRIAN HEAD INJURIES; ROAD SURFACES; VEHICLE SPEED; VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; VEHICLE-PEDESTRIAN IMPACTS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 85072420497     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2006-01-0462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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