Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... Ejections Figure 3-8 shows information on ejection for all six car seating positions , based on 1975-1986 FARS data [ Evans and Frick 1989b ] . Occupants coded in FARS as being totally ejected or partially ejected are included ...
... Ejections Figure 3-8 shows information on ejection for all six car seating positions , based on 1975-1986 FARS data [ Evans and Frick 1989b ] . Occupants coded in FARS as being totally ejected or partially ejected are included ...
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... ejections . F is the percent reduction in fatalities from elimination of ejection . ejected in a crash is three to four times as likely to be killed as an occupant not ejected in a similar crash . Close to a quarter of fatalities for ...
... ejections . F is the percent reduction in fatalities from elimination of ejection . ejected in a crash is three to four times as likely to be killed as an occupant not ejected in a similar crash . Close to a quarter of fatalities for ...
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... Ejection results for drivers and right - front passengers versus age . From Evans and Frick [ 1989b ] . R is the ratio of the probability of death if ejected to the probability of death if not ejected . ƒ is the percent of fatalities ...
... Ejection results for drivers and right - front passengers versus age . From Evans and Frick [ 1989b ] . R is the ratio of the probability of death if ejected to the probability of death if not ejected . ƒ is the percent of fatalities ...
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... ejection from cars . Accident Analysis and Prevention 21 : 169–182 ; 1989b . Green , P.D .; Robertson , N.K.B .; Bradford , M.A .; Bodiwala , G.G. Car occupant ejection in 919 sampled accidents in the U.K. — 1983–86 . SAE paper 870323 ...
... ejection from cars . Accident Analysis and Prevention 21 : 169–182 ; 1989b . Green , P.D .; Robertson , N.K.B .; Bradford , M.A .; Bodiwala , G.G. Car occupant ejection in 919 sampled accidents in the U.K. — 1983–86 . SAE paper 870323 ...
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... ejected occupants in fatal traffic accidents . Washington , DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , report DOT HS 807 096 ; November 1986 . Viano , D.C .; Culver , C.C .; Evans , L .; Frick , M.C ; Scott , R. Involvement ...
... ejected occupants in fatal traffic accidents . Washington , DC : National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , report DOT HS 807 096 ; November 1986 . Viano , D.C .; Culver , C.C .; Evans , L .; Frick , M.C ; Scott , R. Involvement ...
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