Trends in older driver crash involvement rates and survivability in the United States: an update

JB Cicchino, AT McCartt - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective Previous research has shown that fatal crash involvement rates per licensed driver
aged 70 and older declined significantly more per year in the United States than rates for …

Why have fatality rates among older drivers declined? The relative contributions of changes in survivability and crash involvement

JB Cicchino - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives This study examined the trend in fatality rates per vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
among older drivers relative to middle-aged drivers and quantified the contributions of …

Pedestrian injuries from cars and SUVs: Updated crash outcomes from the vulnerable road user injury prevention alliance (VIPA)

SS Monfort, BC Mueller - Traffic injury prevention, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The current short communication was written to update research on real-world
pedestrian crashes. In particular, our analysis offers a preliminary update on SUV …

[PDF][PDF] Front crash injury risks for restrained drivers in good-rated vehicles by age, impact configuration, and EDR-based delta V

ML Brumbelow - Proceedings of IRCOBI conference, 2019 - ircobi.org
The risk of injury in a front crash depends on both severity and impact configuration, but the
accuracy of crush-based Page 1 Abstract The risk of injury in a front crash depends on both …

The maximum potential benefits of safety systems on light van crashes in the United States

AE Cox, JB Cicchino - Journal of Safety Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction: The retail landscape has shifted from brick-and-mortar sales to e-commerce,
which surged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Light vans are popular vehicles to meet the …

Trends in aggressivity and driver risk for cars, SUVs, and pickups: Vehicle incompatibility from 1989 to 2016

SS Monfort, JM Nolan - Traffic injury prevention, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: When 2 vehicles of different sizes collide, the occupants of the smaller vehicle are
more likely to be injured than the occupants of the larger vehicle. The larger vehicle is both …

Comparison of frontal crash compatibility metrics between battery-electric and internal-combustion-engine passenger vehicles

BC Mueller, ML Brumbelow, H Bragg… - Traffic injury …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The objective of this study was to determine if there are any emerging issues
related to battery-electric vehicles'(BEVs') geometry, force distribution, and extra weight that …

Guideline for a vehicle purchase policy aiming at a safe and sustainable vehicle fleet

A Ydenius, A Kullgren - 26th International Technical Conference on the …, 2019 - trid.trb.org
Vehicle safety and emissions are addressed in the UN Sustainable development goals 3.6,
road traffic safety, and 13, reduced climate impact. In Sweden, a large proportion of new …

A methodology for improving structural robustness in frontal car-to-car crash scenarios

L Wågström, A Kling, H Norin… - International journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
There has been significant development in passenger car crashworthiness over the last few
decades. However, real-world crashes often occur in scenarios dissimilar to laboratory …

Development of compatibility assessments for full-width and offset frontal impact test procedures in FIMCAR

T Adolph, H Schwedhelm, I Lazaro… - International Journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of the project FIMCAR (Frontal Impact and Compatibility Assessment Research)
was to define an integrated set of test procedures and associated metrics to assess a …