Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.
Accid Anal Prev. 2011 May;43(3):684-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.012. Epub 2010 Nov 18.
Vehicle fleets in developed countries have benefitted from improved technology and regulation leading to safer vehicles. Nevertheless, for various reasons the public do not necessarily choose particular makes and models of cars according to their safety performance. This study aimed to identify areas for potential crashworthiness improvement in the Australasian fleets by studying the distribution of these fleets according to vehicle age and estimated crashworthiness. We used an existing database that encompassed the vast majority of the crash fleets studied, with existing estimates of crashworthiness generated by the Australasian Used Car Safety Ratings project. There were clear tendencies for older and younger people to be driving less safe vehicles that were also generally older. Given that older drivers are more fragile, and hence more liable to be injured in crashes, and younger drivers have a greater propensity to crash, it is clearly undesirable that these driver groups have the least crashworthy vehicles. Some suggestions are made to encourage safer vehicle choices.
发达国家的汽车车队受益于技术和法规的改进，从而提高了车辆的安全性。然而，出于各种原因，公众在选择汽车时并不一定会根据其安全性能选择特定的品牌和型号。本研究旨在通过研究根据车辆年龄和估计的耐撞性分布的澳大拉西亚车队，确定潜在的耐撞性改进领域。我们使用了一个现有的数据库，该数据库涵盖了绝大多数研究中的碰撞车队，以及澳大拉西亚二手车安全评级项目生成的现有耐撞性估计。显然，年轻人和老年人更倾向于驾驶不太安全的车辆，而且这些车辆通常也更老旧。鉴于老年人更脆弱，因此在碰撞中更易受伤，而年轻人更有可能发生碰撞，这些司机群体拥有最不安全的车辆显然是不可取的。本文提出了一些建议，以鼓励选择更安全的车辆。
