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Traffic injury prevention

Journal Volume: 16
Journal Issue: Suppl 2
Journal Year: 2015
Articles in SafetyLit: 31

An analysis of young driver crash types and the associated lifetime care cost in Victoria, Australia

Analysis of driver evasive maneuvering prior to intersection crashes using event data recorders

Assessment of bilateral thoracic loading on the near-side occupant due to occupant-to-occupant interaction in vehicle crash tests

Association between NCAP ratings and real-world rear seat occupant risk of injury

Biofidelity corridors for sternum kinematics in low-speed side impacts

Children's and adults' comfort experience of extra seat belts when riding in the rear seat of a passenger car

Comparison of expected crash and injury reduction from production forward collision and lane departure warning systems

Constrained laboratory vs. unconstrained steering-induced rollover crash tests

Did child restraint laws globally converge? Examining 40 years of policy diffusion

Driver behavior during overtaking maneuvers from the 100-Car Naturalistic Driving Study

Driver injury risk variability in finite element reconstructions of Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network (CIREN) frontal motor vehicle crashes

Effects of dram shop, responsible beverage service training, and state alcohol control laws on underage drinking driver fatal crash ratios

Effects of LATCH versus available seatbelt installation of rear facing child restraint systems on head injury criteria for 6 month old infants in rear end collisions

Evaluating the effect of a mechanical adjunct to improve the installation of child restraint systems to vehicles

Evaluation of vehicle-based crash severity metrics

Implications of functional capacity loss and fatality for vehicle safety prioritization

Improving the chest protection of elderly occupants in frontal crashes using SMART load limiters

Injuries in full-scale vehicle side impact moving deformable barrier and pole tests using postmortem human subjects

Injury outcome in crashes with guardrail end terminals

Investigation of child restraint system (CRS) compatibility in the vehicle seat environment

Lumbar bone mineral density phantomless computed tomography measurements and correlation with age and fracture incidence

Mortality risk in pediatric motor vehicle crash occupants: accounting for developmental stage and challenging Abbreviated Injury Scale metrics

New methodology for an expert-designed map from International Classification of Diseases (ICD) to Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) 3+ severity injury

Older adults at increased risk as pedestrians in Victoria, Australia: an examination of crash characteristics and injury outcomes

On-Scene Injury Severity Prediction (OSISP) algorithm for truck occupants

Real-world rib fracture patterns in frontal crashes in different restraint conditions

Reasons for child passenger nonrestraint in motor vehicles

Survival model for foot and leg high rate axial impact injury data

Teen drivers' perceptions of inattention and cell phone use while driving

The contribution of pre-impact posture on restrained occupant finite element model response in frontal impact

The influence of enhanced side impact protection on kinematics and injury measures of far- or center-seated children in forward-facing child restraints