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Accidents, injuries and safety priorities for light goods vehicles in Great Britain

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posted on 2006-05-24, 11:29 authored by James Lenard, Richard FramptonRichard Frampton, Alan KirkAlan Kirk, Andrew MorrisAndrew Morris, R. Newton, Pete Thomas, Paul Fay
This study presents data on light goods vehicle (LGV) crashes. The data are derived from two main sources. The first source involves mass analysis of crashes involving LGVs recorded in the national British STATS19 accident database for 1994 to 2000. The second source involves analysis from an in-depth study of LGV accidents in Britain since the late 1980s. In total, in-depth data on almost 500 LGV crashes are considered. Three main issues are apparent. Firstly, there is an issue of crash compatibility between LGVs and passenger cars. The second issue involves restraint use among LGV occupants, since the in-depth data reveal that use is low compared with car occupants. The third issue is the implications of introducing a regulatory compliance crash test for LGVs.

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LENARD, J. ... et al., 2004. Accidents, injuries and safety priorities for light goods vehicles in Great Britain. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 218, pp.611-618.

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© IMechE / Professional Engineering Education

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2004

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This article was published in the journal, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering [© IMechE] and the definitive version is available at: http://journals.pepublishing.com/content/119783

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0954-4070

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