@article{ref1,
title="Body-pillar Vision Obstructions and Lane-Change Crashes",
journal="Accident reconstruction journal",
year="2009",
author="Sivak, Michael and Schoettle, Brandon and Reed, Matthew and Flannagan, Michael J.",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="56-58",
abstract="A prior study in this series examined the difference in the frequency of lane change crashes between 2-door and 4-door body styles of the same vehicle models (Sivak et al., 2005). That study found that 4-door vehicles are more likely to be involved in lane-change crashes than are 2-door vehicles. It was postulated that this effect was a consequence of the more critical obstruction of lateral visibility on the 4-door models by the more forward location of the B-pillars. This paper extends the work of the aforementioned earlier paper by the same authors and, more specifically, investigates the tendency to be involved in lane-change crashes in relation to the locations and angular obstructions of the driver-side A-, B-, and C-pillars for a large set of vehicles.<p />",
language="",
issn="1057-8153",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}