VELOCITY CHANGE AND FATALITY RISK IN A CRASH--A RULE OF THUMB

The author examines the relationship between risk of vehicle occupant death and injury and crash severity, measured by velocity change (delta v), in car-car collisions. He uses nationally representative data from the National Accident Sampling System (NASS) for passenger cars of model years 1980 and later involved in accidents from 1980 through 1986. He concludes that, as a rule of thumb, the exponent 4 may reasonably reflect the relation between the fatality risk and delta v.

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• Authors:
  • Joksch, H C
• Publication Date: 1993-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 103-104
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash injury research; Crash severity; Fatalities; Risk assessment
• Identifier Terms: National Accident Sampling System
• Old TRIS Terms: Velocity change
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00721555
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 059
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1996 12:00AM