Is 30 km/h a ‘safe’ speed? Injury severity of pedestrians struck by a vehicle and the relation to travel speed and age

This study uses Swedish accident data for the years 2004–2008 to analyze the relationship between injury severity for pedestrians struck by a vehicle and the speed environment at accident locations. It also makes use of a multinomial logit model and other statistical methods. Speed measurements have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Höskuldur R.G. Kröyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:IATSS Research
Subjects:
Age
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0386111214000235