Rear-end crashes particularly on freeways are the most frequent type of collisions causing
many injuries, damage and congestion. This paper investigates the impact of varying speed …

The car industry is facing pressure because of the growing demand for more fuel-efficient
passenger cars. In order to limit energy consumption and air pollution the weight of the …

It has long been accepted that the social and cultural meanings of the car far exceed the
practical need for mobility. This book marks the first attempt to contribute to road safety …

This paper reviews theoretical issues surrounding transport safety modeling and the
implications for road safety policy. The behavioral mechanisms that affect transport safety …

In this study, a numerical investigation tensile test using ANSYS on three different carbon
and alloy sheets of steel: AISI 1030 medium carbon steel, AISI 1080 high carbon steel and …

Virtual simulation‐based testing of autonomous vehicles (AVs) needs massive challenging
corner cases to reach high testing accuracy. Current methods achieve this goal by finding …

Fuel economy standards change the composition of the vehicle fleet, influencing accident
safety. The direction and size of the effect depend on the combination of vehicles in the fleet …

One interaction between environmental and safety goals in transport is found within the
vehicle fleet where fuel economy and secondary safety performance of individual vehicles …

Crash aggressivity (CA), along with conventional crash worthiness (CW), has been recently
studied to deal with the crash incompatibility between vehicles on roads. Clearly, injury …

Between 1995 and 2004, 293 passenger car occupants died in collisions with other vehicles
in northern Sweden (annual incidence: 3.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, 6.9 per 100,000 cars, or …