Evidence for Vehicles

The Handbook of Road Safety Measures, Second Edition

Objectives: To identify the best estimate of seatbelt effectiveness for different levels of injury and different seating positions.

Author(s): Rune Elvik, Alena Høye, Truls Va and Michael Sørensen

Published: 2009
Date: 01 Feb 2013

The future of vehicle safety and sustainable transportation

Discussion of future trends in sustainable transportation including electric and hybrid vehicles.

Author(s): Widmann, U., & Seibert, D

Published: 2012
Date: 05 Feb 2014
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The Euro NCAP Whiplash Test

Objectives: To highlight seats with known good and poor performance and to provide the maximum incentive to manufacturers to move towards best practice in seat design.

Author(s): M. van Ratingen, J. Ellway (Euro NCAP), M. Avery (Thatcham), P. Gloyns (VSC, on behalf of ICRT), V. Sandner (ADAC), T. Vermissen (TNO Science and Industry)

Published: M. van Ratingen, J. Ellway (Euro NCAP), M. Avery (Thatcham), P. Gloyns (VSC, on behalf of ICRT), V. Sandner (ADAC), T. Vermissen (TNO Science and Industry), no date
Date: 04 Feb 2013
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The effects on accidents of studded tires and laws banning their use: a meta-analysis of evaluation studies.

Literature review of the best estimate of the effectiveness of studded tyres in preventing injury and the limitations in the current literature.

Author(s): Rune Elvik

Published: Accident Analysis and Prevention 31 (1999) 125-134
Date: 26 Jun 2013
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The Effects of Seat Belt Legislation on Road Casualties

Objectives: To assess the statistical evidence of the effects of the introduction of the seat belt law on road casualties in Great Britain.

Author(s): J Durbin and AC Harvey

Published: Published: In Compulsory Seatbelt Wearing Report, Department of Transport, 1985
Date: 01 Feb 2013

The effects of motor vehicle fleet Daytime Running Lights (DRL) on motorcycle conspicuity

Evaluation of the effects of motorcycle conspicuity treatments on other drivers’ left turn gap acceptance.

Author(s): Pierowicz J, Gawron V, Wilson G and Bisantz A

Published: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Report number DOT HS 811 504, 2011
Date: 25 Jan 2014
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The effects of electronic stability control (ESC) on crashes – An update

A meta-analysis of 12 studies into the effects of Electronic Stability Control on different types of crashes.

Author(s): A Hoye

Published: Accident Analysis and Prevention 43, pp.1148-1159, 2011
Date: 21 Aug 2017
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The Effectiveness of Seat Belts in Reducing Injuries to Car Occupants

Objectives: To calculate the effectiveness of seat belts.

Author(s): C.A Hobbs

Published: Transport and Road Research Laboratory, TRRL LR 811, 1976
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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The Effectiveness of Safety Belts in Preventing Fatalities

Objectives: To calculate the effectiveness of seat belts at preventing front seat occupant fatalities.

Author(s): Leonard Evans

Published: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol 18, No 3, pp 229-241, 1986
Date: 01 Feb 2013
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The effectiveness of lane departure warning systems – A reduction in real-world passenger car injury crashes

A study to estimate the safety benefits of in vehicle lane departure warning (LDW) and lane keeping aid (LKA) systems in relevant real-world passenger car injury crashes.