CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF ROAD ACCIDENTS. VOL IV OF FIVE

THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE INJURED ROAD USERS ARE DISCUSSED. THE SEVERITY AND ANATOMICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE INJURIES FOR THE MAIN CATEGORIES OF ROAD USERS ARE OUTLINED AND THE ORIGINS OF THEIR INJURIES IN TERMS OF EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL IMPACTS ARE DISCUSSED. CAR OCCUPANT INJURIES ARE RELATED TO SPECIFIC INTERIOR COMPONENTS OF THE VEHICLE. FATALITIES ARE DISCUSSED IN PARTICULAR DETAIL. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol Iv, 104 PP, 44 FIG, 51 TAB, 9 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Birmingham University, England

  Department of Transportation and Environmental Planning
  Birmingham B15 2TT, Warwickshire,   England 
• Authors:
  • Defonseka, C P
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash severity; Fatalities; Injuries; Traffic crashes; Travelers; Vehicle occupants
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM