Influence of vehicle body type on pedestrian injury distribution

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Longhitano, Douglas ^a   Henary, Basem ^b   Bhalla, Kavi ^b   Ivarsson, Johan ^b   Crandall, Jeff ^b  

^a Honda R and D Americas Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE BODIES; FLEET OPERATIONS; UTILITY TRUCKS;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN IMPACT; PEDESTRIAN INJURIES; RESEARCH FOCUS; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES; VEHICLE FLEETS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 85072475229     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2005-01-1876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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