A STATISTICAL DISCRIPTION OF LARGE AND SMALL CAR INVOLVEMENT IN ACCIDENTS

A STATISTICAL STUDY WAS MADE TO ASSESS THE RISK OF INJURY TO SMALL AND LARGE CAR OCCUPANTS IN COLLISIONS. VARIOUS DATA SOURCES WERE EMPLOYED, IN ORDER TO EXAMINE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEHICLE SIZE POPULATION. A DISTINCT CHANGE TO A MORE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF VEHICLES BY WEIGHT WAS NOTED. SMALL CARS WERE DEFINED AS THOSE WEIGHING 3100 POUNDS OR LESS, AND LARGE CARS 3300 POUNDS AND GREATER. EFFECTS OF RESTRAINT USAGE, DRIVER AGE, AND THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS IN VEHICLES WERE CONSIDERED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY INCREASES AS WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLES DECREASES, AND IS EXPRESSED IN A MATHEMATICAL FORMULA. ABOUT 1% OF ACCIDENT INJURIES IN 1972 WERE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CHANGE IN MEAN VEHICLE WEIGHT AS COMPARED WITH THAT OF 1969. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  General Motors Corporation

  Warren, MI  United States  48090
• Authors:
  • O'Day, J
  • Golomb, H
  • Cooley, P
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Compact automobiles; Crashes; Drivers; Equations; Hazards; Injuries; Risk assessment; Statistical analysis; Vehicle occupants; Vehicles; Weight
• Old TRIS Terms: Small car
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222257
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1974 12:00AM