TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1988//
TI  - Injuries from single-vehicle crashes and snow depth
JO  - Accident analysis and prevention
A1  - Brorsson, B.
A1  - Ifver, J.
A1  - Rydgren, H.
SP  - 367
EP  - 377
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
N2  - Swedish official statistics on road traffic accidents shows a remarkable variability among different winter seasons in single-vehicle crashes resulting in personal injuries--one of the major causes of personal injury in road traffic. This study presents results from analyses investigating the role played by snow as an injury-reducing factor. The regression model specified implies, when applied to Swedish data, that an increase in snow depth by 1 cm--for snow depths less than 40 centimetres--reduces the number of crashes with occupant injury by 3%. This finding has implications for assessing trends in traffic safety through the use of routine statistics on motor vehicle occupant injuries and also shows that roadside design is a decisive factor in the generation of injury to the individual in single-vehicle crashes.
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-4575
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -