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An Approach for Compatibility Improvement Based on US Traffic Accident Data
Technical Paper
2003-01-0906
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
Traffic accidents in the United States were analyzed using FARS and NASS data. When classified according to vehicle body type and collision type, fatalities were most common in the case of (1) passenger car to passenger car frontal impacts, (2) passenger car to passenger car side impacts, (3) passenger car to LTV side impacts, (4) passenger car to truck frontal impacts, and (5) passenger car to LTV frontal impacts.
Among these collisions, it was clearly confirmed that the occupants of a passenger car have a strong tendency to suffer injury when “the passenger car has a frontal impact with a heavier passenger car,” “the passenger car has a frontal impact with an LTV/SUV, truck,” and “the passenger car is side impacted by an LTV/SUV,” or the like. These examples should be recognized as clear cases of incompatibility. This paper will describe an approach which aim at improving compatibility. However, around 60% of occupants who suffer fatal injuries are not wearing a seat belt. Therefore, in order to reduce fatalities, it is important to promote to raise the seat belt usage rate.
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Citation
Kato, H. and Ogata, K., "An Approach for Compatibility Improvement Based on US Traffic Accident Data," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-0906, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-0906.Also In
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