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Accident Research and Experimental Data Useful for An Understanding of the Influence of Car Structural Incompatibility on the Risk of Accident Injury
Technical Paper
946076
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Language:
English
Abstract
Previous papers have already shown that a global assessment of
the injury risk needs to take into account not only the victims
inside a given vehicle but also the victims outside due to the
vehicle's aggressiveness.
New analyses have described all the phenomena, in absolute
figures and as percentages. It appears for example that the injury
risk is higher in accidents occurring between heavy cars than for
accidents between lighter cars.
An attempt is made to distinguish between the effects of car
structural stiffness and the effects of car weight.
Consequences are drawn concerning present trends in car design
on the one hand and conflicting environmental and safety
requirements on the other hand