INTERIOR SAFETY OF VEHICLES. STATE-OF-THE-ART

DESPITE ITS TITLE, THIS PAPER DEALS CHIEFLY WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT PROBLEM, EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF THE CAR'S EXTERIOR DESIGN ON THE INJURIES OF PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE STRUCK. COLLISIONS BETWEEN DISSIMILAR CARS, HEAVY TRUCKS AND CARS, AND TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES AND OTHER VEHICLES ARE MORE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. INVESTIGATION OF SUCH ACCIDENTS BY MEANS OF MATEMATICAL MODELS IS RECOMMENDED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 1211-1213, 9 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • DE COSTER, J P
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crashes; Design; Mathematical models; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Exteriors
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223374
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 11 1971 12:00AM