We study the dependence of risk on vehicle type and especially on vehicle model. Here, risk
is measured by the number of driver fatalities per year per million vehicles registered. We …

Traffic crash risk assessments should incorporate appropriate exposure data. However,
existing US nationwide crash data sets, the NASS General Estimates System (GES) and the …

Policy makers, vehicle manufacturers, and consumers have shown growing concern about
the relative safety of sport utility vehicles (SUVs), vans, pickups, and cars. Empirical analysis …

There is evidence linking certain vehicle characteristics to crash involvement and one
possible mechanism behind this relationship is that these vehicle characteristics influence …

Objectives: This study updates a 2006 report that estimated the historical effects of vehicle
design changes on driver fatality rates in the United States, separate from the effects of …

ABSTRACT A valid assessment of motor vehicle crash risks and the potential impact of
safety interventions requires a precise understanding of the types of crashes involved, the …

In 1970 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) accounted for only about 1 percent of new vehicle sales.
By 1980 they had increased to 6 percent, and by 2003 to 27 percent. This rapid growth has …

Objectives. Passenger vehicle driver death rates per million vehicle registrations declined
steadily during calendar years 1985–2004. The present study sought to separate the effect …

This research sets out to estimate the effects of vehicle incompatibility on the risk of death or
major injury to drivers involved in two-vehicle collisions. Based on data for 2,999,395 …

The relative risk, R, of a driver fatality in the lighter of two cars compared to the risk in the
heavier is determined as a function of the ratio, μ, of the mass of the heavier to that of the …