accident severity

Limited accident data for chicane schemes indicate a reduction in injury accidents (54%) and accident severity.

The car features a "smart" sensor system for the seatbelts and airbags that can detect and react to accident severity.

Beginning from spring 2013, BMW ConnectedDrive includes Intelligent Emergency Call with automatic vehicle location and accident severity detection becomes standard on all BMW 6 Series models.

Few engineers would agree with Mr. Rask, 42, of Minneapolis, who acknowledges that accident severity increases with speed but says he does not think it is harder to avoid crashes at higher speeds on interstates.

Further analysis indicated that SAFTE/FAST also predicted an increase in accident severity; human factors accidents that occurred when average effectiveness was calculated to be less than 77 were 2 times more costly than similar accidents that occurred when effectiveness was greater than 90.