Crash incompatibility : cars versus light trucks and vans

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Background: In crashes between a car and a light truck or van (LTV), car occupants are more likely to be killed than LTV occupants. The extent to which this is due to the greater harm imposed by LTVs on cars or to the greater protection they offer their own occupants is not known. The combined effect of these two factors is also unknown. Objective: To estimate the harm imposed and protection offered by LTVs compared to cars, the joint effect of these on the risk of crash death, and the effects of two LTV design features: bumper height and frame type (unibody versus body-on-frame). Methods: Case-control analyses of two-vehicle collisions involving passenger vehicles in the United States. Findings: Adjusted for the type of vehicle they were riding in and for other confounders, occupants of any vehicle that collided with LTVs were at higher risk of death compared with occupants who collided with a car. For the six types of LTV, the adjusted odds ratios (aOR) ranged from 1.8 (95% confidenc

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