IMPLICATIONS OF SMALL PASSENGER CARS ON ROADSIDE SAFETY

The safety implications of passenger car downsizing are of much current interest. Vehicle-vehicle collisions and vehicle-roadside accidents are the two major accident modes that may be affected by passenger car downsizing. This article reviews the roadside fatal accident problem and the implications of passenger vehicle downsizing on major kinds of roadside fatal accidents.

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  • Supplemental Notes:
    • This is a condensation of an article in the Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Conference, American Association for Automotive Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, October 3-6, 1983.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Federal Highway Administration

    Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
    Washington, DC  United States  20590
  • Authors:
    • Viner, J G
  • Publication Date: 1984-9

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  • Accession Number: 00393916
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 737
  • Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM