Crash risk of ESC-fitted passenger cars

The most difficult at-fault fatal crashes to avoid with current active safety technology

“…However, the crash rates were not completely comparable because there were small differences, e.g., in the driver populations. In the current study, the median age of the drivers was three years greater, and the proportion of males was five percentage points higher than in our previous study (Koisaari et al, 2019).…”

“…In our previous study, we found a crash rate of 0.66 fatal crashes per billion kilometers for ESC-fitted passenger cars when suicides and diseases attacks were excluded (Koisaari et al, 2019). As far as we are aware, this was also the best point of reference for our current study, which shows 0.48-0.53 crashes per billion kilometers for similar crashes.…”

“…Appendix Table A1 presents the estimates. Except for the estimation described above, the method to calculate the exposure was the same as in our previous work (Koisaari et al, 2019).…”

“…The mileage of the unregistered cars was virtually nonexistent since their road use was either prohibited or granted only with a short-term permit. Both databases are discussed in further detail in our previous publication (Koisaari et al, 2019).…”