VEHICLE SPEED AND RURAL AUTOMOTIVE CRASH INJURY PART I: ESTIMATED TRAVELING SPEED AND FATALITIES

AS PART I OF A FORTHCOMING AUTOMOTIVE CRASH INJURY RESEARCH (ACIR) SERIES OF STUDIES ON THE REGULATIONS AMONG VEHICLE SPEED, ACCIDENT TYPE, INJURY, AND DEATH IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS, TABULATIONS OF FATALITY RATES AT VARIOUS ESTIMATED TRAVELING SPEEDS ARE PRESENTED. TRAVELING SPEED REFERS TO THAT SPEED AT WHICH THE ACCIDENT VEHICLE WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE TRAVELLED PRIOR TO PRECIPITATION OF THE ACCIDENT. FOURTEEN TYPICAL ACCIDENT CONFIGURATIONS (TYPES) ARE DEFINED, AND DETAILED TABULATIONS ARE PRESENTED FOR SEVEN LEADING (MOST COMMON) CONFIGURATIONS. DATA ARE GIVEN SEPARATELY FOR DRIVERS WITHOUT PASSENGERS, DRIVERS WITH PASSENGERS, FRONT PASSENGERS, AND REAR PASSENGERS. LIKEWISE, DATA ARE GIVEN SEPARATELY FOR NONEJECTED OCCUPANTS AND EJECTED OCCUPANTS. THE TABULATIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE RELATIN OF FATALITY RATE TO TRAVELING SPEED, ACCIDENT TYPE, SEATED POSITION, AND EJECTION. /AUTHOR/

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • 38 Pp, 3 FiG, 15 TAB, 28 REF
  • Corporate Authors:

    Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory

    Automotive Crash Injury Research
    Buffalo, NY  United States 
  • Authors:
    • Wolf, R A
  • Publication Date: 1969-1

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00220894
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Aug 26 1970 12:00AM