Car design and risk of pedestrian deaths.
Fatal pedestrian injury rates by cars with relatively sharp front-corner designs were compared to such rates by cars of similar-size with relatively smooth front-corner designs. The relative risk of death by front-corner impact was 26 percent greater among the sharp-cornered cars. Pedestrian death rates from impact with other points on the cars and insurance claim frequencies among the studied cars were similar between the two sets of cars.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001336:Automobiles; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States