Determinants of driver fatality risk in front impact fixed object collisions

Background: Demographic variables (age and gender), automobile characteristics (weight, wheelbase, model) and driver behaviour (seat-belt use) can affect the outcome of a motor vehicle crash. Occupant fatality data suggest that frail elderly occupants have become more vulnerable than robust younger general traffic victims. In front impact, fixed object crashes, we hypothesized that greater age, female-gender, non-use of a restraining device, …