Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6966762 | Accident Analysis & Prevention | 2013 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
⺠We introduced a novel methodology to estimate the partial effects of mass, through the velocity change, on absolute driver injury risk in two-car collisions. ⺠The novel aspect of the methodology is in providing a solution to the issue of lack of data on the speed of vehicles prior to the crash as well as a solution to the issue of lack of information on non-injury two-car crashes in national accident data. ⺠In a two-car collision, vehicle mass has a protective effect on its own driver injury risk and an aggressive effect on the driver injury risk of the colliding vehicle. ⺠There is a protective effect of vehicle size above and beyond that of vehicle mass for frontal and front to side collisions.
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Authors
Reza Tolouei, Mike Maher, Helena Titheridge,