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Statistical Aspects of Injury Severity Part II: The Case of Several Populations but Only Three Grades of Injury

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  • T. P. Hutchinson

    (University College London, London, England)

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Those types of accident in which a high proportion of casualties are killed are usually those in which also a high proportion are seriously injured. This paper is concerned with the quantification of this correlation. In particular, it was found (using British data) that the variation in injury severity in a number of situations can be described by alterations in the exponent of an exponential distribution of severity, with the boundary between slight and serious injury occurring at one-third the distance from the origin of the boundary between serious and fatal injury.

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  • T. P. Hutchinson, 1976. "Statistical Aspects of Injury Severity Part II: The Case of Several Populations but Only Three Grades of Injury," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 10(3), pages 285-299, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:10:y:1976:i:3:p:285-299
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.10.3.285
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