Vehicle crashworthiness and aggressivity ratings and crashworthiness by year of vehicle manufacture: Victoria and NSW crashes during 1987-2002; Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand crashes during 1991-2002.

Crashworthiness and aggressivity ratings for 1982-2002 model vehicles were developed based on data on crashes in Victoria and New South Wales during 1987-2002 and in Queensland, Western Australia and New Zealand during 1991- 2002. Crashworthiness and aggressivity were measured by a combination of injury severity (of injured drivers) and injury risk (of drivers involved in crashes). The crashworthiness estimates and their associated confidence limits were obtained for 255 vehicle models and were sufficiently sensitive that they were able to identify 128 models of passenger cars, four-wheel drive vehicles, passenger vans and light commercial vehicles that have superior or inferior crashworthiness characteristics compared with the average vehicle. Aggressivity rating estimates and their associated confidence limits were obtained for 202 vehicle models and were sufficiently sensitive that they were able to identify 80 models of passenger cars, four-wheel drive vehicles, passenger vans and light commercial vehicles that have superior or inferior aggressivity characteristics compared with the average vehicle. (Author/publisher)