Open AccessCausal influence of car mass and size on driver fatality risk
Author(s) -
L. T. Evans
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.7.1076
Subject(s) - crash , poison control , environmental health , population , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , demography , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , risk assessment , engineering , medicine , aeronautics , computer security , computer science , pathology , sociology , programming language
This study estimated how adding mass, in the form of a passenger, to a car crashing head-on into another car affects fatality risks to both drivers. The study distinguished the causal roles of mass and size.
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