RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRIVER CRASH INJURY AND PASSENGER CAR WEIGHT

摘要: Using data from North Carolina highway accidents, the relationship between driver injury and passenger car weight is investigated for a variety of known makes model years. For this analysis, injuries sustained by unbelted drivers are compared across weights single vehicle ran-off-road crashes car-to-car crashes. In crashes, there definite negative derived serious index which represents ratio observed frequency in given make year to expected number based on proportion totality study. contrast, study, no association injury. addition, considerably more prevalent involving cars lightest classes generally decline with increasing weight. front-to-side controlling respective weights, side-struck sustains frequently than his front-striking counterpart. And, similarly, front-to-rear fares worse. /AUTHOR/