Highlights ► British national accident data from 2003–2007 are analysed. ► The influence of car registration year upon driver casualty rates is investigated. ► More modern cars protect their drivers better than older cars. ► In fatal car-car collisions, however, they are more aggressive. ► The benefits of improved protection outweigh disbenefits of increased aggressivity.

    Abstract A previous paper analysed data from the British national road accident reporting system to investigate the influence upon car driver casualty rates of the general type of car being driven and its year of first registration. A statistical model was fitted to accident data from 2001 to 2005, and this paper updates the principal results using accident data from 2003 to 2007. Attention focuses upon the role of year of first registration since this allows the influence of developments in car design upon occupant casualty numbers to be evaluated. Three additional topics are also examined with these accident data. Changes over time in frontal and side impacts are compared. Changes in the combined risk for the two drivers involved in a car–car collision are investigated, being the net result of changes in secondary safety and aggressivity. Finally, the results of the new model relating to occupant protection are related to an index that had been developed previously to analyse changes over time in the secondary safety of the car fleet.


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    Titel :

    The influence of car registration year on driver casualty rates in Great Britain


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011-08-21


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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