Acceleration and speeds of young pedestrians: Phase II

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Vaughan, Rodney ^a   Bain, John ^b  

^a Rodney Vaughan and Associates Pty Limited   (India)

^b Bain Training and Consultancy Pty Limited   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS; SPEED;

ACCELERATION EFFECTS; ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; DIFFERENT AGES; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; KEY ELEMENTS; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; RUNNING SPEED; SPEED RANGE;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 85072451409     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2000-01-0845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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