Empirical comparison of vehicle aggressivity rating systems

Cameron, Max; Les, Magda; Newstead, Stuart; Narayan, Sanjeev; Ernvall, Timo; Laine, Vesa

Affiliations

¹Monash University Accident Research Centre, Australia

²University of Oulu, Road and Transport Laboratory, Finland

Abstract

This paper describes an empirical comparison of seven vehicle aggressivity rating methods in order to identify the most satisfactory vehicle aggressivity ‘rating’ system. Vehicles were distinguished by make and model, and the aggressivity of each model was estimated from data on real two-vehicle crashes. For comparison purposes, two common crash databases were used for estimation of ratings by each method: Police-reported tow-away crash data from three US states, and accident compensation claims from Finland. New methods of vehicle aggressivity rating were also proposed and tested.

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1998	Cameron M, Newstead S, Le CM. Rating the aggressivity of Australian passenger vehicles towards other vehicle occupants and unprotectedroadusers. In: Proceedings of the 1998 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 16-18, 1998; Göteberg, Sweden.27-42.

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2001	Langwieder K, Fildes B, Ernvall T, Cameron M. Quality criteria for crashworthiness assessment from real-world crashes. In: Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 4-7, 2001; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2003	Langwieder K, Fildes B, Ernvall T, Cameron M. SARAC: safety rating based on real-world crashes for supplementation of new car assessment programs. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). May 19-22, 2003; Nagoya, Japan.
2005	Newstead S, Delaney A, Watson L, Cameron M, Langwieder K. Injury risk assessment from real world injury outcomes in European crashes and their relationship to EuroNCAP test scores. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV). June 6-9, 2005; Washington, DC.