Citation

Foret-Bruno JY, Thomas C, Morvan Y, Faverjon G, Le coz JY, Tarriere C. Proc. Int. Tech. Conf. Enhanced Safety Vehicles 1996; 1996: 639-647.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, In public domain, Publisher National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

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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 the impacting cars. In this study, the authors 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 the paper, the authors have applied to the 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 are discussed.