The Effectiveness of Electronic Stability Control (ESC) in Reducing Real Life Crashes and Injuries

2006174 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Anders Lie · Swedish Transport Administration

Claes Tingvall · Swedish Transport Administration

Abstract

ESC was found to reduce crashes with personal injuries, especially serious and fatal injuries. The effectiveness ranged from at least 13% for car occupants in all types of crashes with serious or fatal outcome to a minimum of 35% effectiveness for single/oncoming/overtaking serious and fatal crashes on wet or icy road surface. No difference in deformation pattern was found for cars with or without ESC.

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Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids

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Published in: Traffic Injury Prevention

Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 38-43

DOI: 10.1080/15389580500346838

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