FATAL FRONT-TO-FRONT CAR COLLISIONS AND THE RESULTS OF 35 MPH FRONTAL BARRIER IMPACTS

The relationship between the results of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) and the risk of fatal injury to drivers involved in fatal frontal collisions between passenger cars of similar weights were examined. The results are based on the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) data for the years 1975-1983 analyzed by individual make and model of car. The risk of fatality was modelled using logistic regression taking into account the effect of the combined weight and weight ratio of the two cars, the ages of both drivers, restraint use by both drivers, speed limit at the site of the crash, the number of occupants in the car, and the NCAP test results for each individual model of car. The results show that when the other factors were controlled the likelihood of a fatal driver injury was almost 60 percent higher for cars with the worst NCAP results than for cars with the best results.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • The 28th Annual Proceedings of the American Association for Automotive Medicine October 8-10, 1984, Denver, Colorado.
  • Corporate Authors:

    American Association for Automotive Medicine

    P.O. Box 222
    Morton Grove, IL  United States  60053
  • Authors:
    • ZADOR, P L
    • Jones, I S
    • Ginsburg, M
  • Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

  • Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
  • Pagination: v.p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00395827
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 098
  • Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM