Citation

Page Y, Cuny S. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2006; 38(2): 357-364.

Affiliation

Laboratoire d’Accidentologie, de Biomecanique et d’etudes du comportement humain, PSA PEUGEOT-CITROEN/RENAULT (LAB), 132 rue des suisses, F-92000 Nanterre, France.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2005.10.006

PMID

16310751

Abstract

This paper proposes an evaluation of the effectiveness of the electronic stability program (ESP) in terms of reduction of injury accidents in France. The method consists of 3 steps: The arguments for such a method, effectiveness indicator and implicit hypothesis are presented and discussed in the paper. Based on a few assumptions, ESP is proved to be likely effective. Currently, the relative risk of being involved in an ESP-pertinent accident for ESP-equipped cars is lower (-44%, although not statistically significant) than for other cars.