Driver mortality in paired side impact collisions due to incompatible vehicle types.

Author(s)
Crandall, C.S.
Year
Abstract

Using a matched case control design, this study measured the mortality associated with paired passenger car-sport utility vehicle (SUV) side impact ('T-bone') collisions using Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data. Survival versus fatal outcome within the matched crash pairs was measured with matched pair odds ratios. Conditional logistic regression adjusted for multiple effects. Overall, passenger car drivers experienced greater mortality than did SUV drivers, regardless if they were in the struck or striking vehicle (odds ratio: 10.0; 95% confidence interval: 7.9, 12.5). Differential mortality persisted after adjustment for confounders. Efforts should be sought to improve passenger car side impact crashworthiness and to reduce SUV aggressivity.

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Publication

Library number
C 31299 (In: C 31267 CD-ROM) /80 /91 / ITRD E827387
Source

In: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine AAAM, Lisbon, Portugal, September 22-24, 2003, p. 495-506, 11 ref.

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