Papers on vehicle size : cars and trucks

Details

• Creators:
  Partyka, Susan C.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) ; National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.). Mathematical Analysis Division
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crash data
  • Vehicle size
  • Rear end collisions
  • Trend (Statistics)
  • Heavy duty trucks
  • Fatalities
  • Injuries
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 807 291
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  NHTSA Technical Report; June 85 - December 87
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  The four papers in this volume describe analyses of car size ; trends and truck occupant injuries and fatalities. All four were ; written between June 1985 and December 1987. The topics ; addressed include where heavy truck accidents occur, injury and ; fatality outcomes for heavy truck occupants, car size trends, and ; the effect of car size on the frequency of rear-impact ; fatalities. The principal accident data sources are the Fatal ; Accident Reporting System (FARS) and the National Accident ; Sampling System (NASS). ; A brief description of each paper is given in the Foreword.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8616/dot_8616_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.86 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3985818815db081e2a4d62dc402c1b5e6548fb52dd982997a844fb9af30cb16f76a4901333c5ef353c865b5a80980c83cc36142beec1e4d3c79a8828cc026051