Vehicle crash compatibility is of major interest in road safety research as it focuses on both vehicle crashworthiness and aggressivity offering optimal protection to vehicle occupants. The aim of this research was to assess compatibility of passenger cars in two-vehicle collisions for different impact directions (frontal and side impacts). Vehicles used in this analysis were grouped in four categories, namely light, small, medium and large, in order to provide information on crash compatibility between passenger cars of various masses. Vehicle compatibility was estimated based on a logistic regression analysis method. It was the first attempt to apply the logistic regression technique for frontal and side impacts only. Research focused on non-fatal casualty crashes (all fatal cases were excluded from analysis). (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E202275.
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