Comparison of high speed crash test results with fatality rates.

Author(s)
Grush, E.S. Marsh, J.C. & South, N.E.
Year
Abstract

Results from NHTSA's New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) 35 mph barrier crash tests with actual on-highway fatality rates from the Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) are compared. In none of the comparisons there is any substantial relationship between the NCAP predictor variables and the actual fatal accidents results. Possible reasons for this lack of relationship are discussed.

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Publication

Library number
B 22867 (In: B 22851 [electronic version only]) /84/91 IRRD 275779
Source

In: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the American Association of the Automotive Medicine (AAAM), San Antonio, Texas, October 3-6, 1983, p. 189-206, 22 ref.

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