Relationship between speed and risk of fatal injury : pedestrians and car occupants.

Author(s)
Richards, D.C.
Year
Abstract

This study explores the relationship between speed and the risk of fatal injury for three different types of traffic accident: pedestrians struck by the front of cars; car drivers following frontal impacts; and car drivers following side impacts. The risk of fatality with impact speed (for pedestrians) and change of velocity (for seat-belted car drivers) has been calculated using a logistic regression method, and three current sources of accident data in the UK: the On the Spot (OTS) project; police fatal files; and the Co-operative Crash Injury Study (CCIS). (Author/publisher) This report may be accessed by Internet users at http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme5/

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20101456 ST [electronic version only]
Source

London, Department for Transport (DfT), 2010, 41 p., 18 ref.; Road Safety Web Publication ; No. 16 - ISBN 978-1-90658-192-4

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