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Influence of Car Weights on Driver Injury Severity and Fatalities in Head-On Collisions
Technical Paper
976058
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Language:
English
Abstract
This statistical study looks at injury severity and fatalities
for belted drivers involved in collisions between two cars having a
known mass. This research, when considered along with the results
already presented by other teams, allows an in-depth evaluation of
risk as a function of the mass of th impacting cars.
In this study, we have analyzed injury severity and fatalities
for the drivers in both involved cars as a function of the
cars' respective weights, as well as the overall severity of
the collisions.
Moreover, in the second part of our paper, we have applied to
our accident sample L. Evans' method of establishing
drivers' exposure to risk in two-car collisions through the
analysis of pedestrian fatality frequency according to car
mass.
The differences between the results observed using the two
methods will be discussed