Occupants of smaller, lighter passenger cars are more likely to be killed or injured in collisions with larger, heavier sport utility vehicles and light trucks than in collisions with other cars. Interventions are needed to reduce this vehicle "incompatibility" and its consequences. The authors conducted a systematic literature review to identify evaluations of interventions to reduce incompatibility. They reviewed engineering, biomedical, and other technical literature. To be included, a study must have 1) evaluated an intervention to reduce vehicle incompatibility, or its consequences, in a crash; 2) reported new research; and 3) been published in English from 1990 to 2010. Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria. Interventions were designed to reduce the aggressivity of larger vehicles or improve the crashworthiness of smaller vehicles. Effective interventions included 1) modified bumper heights, 2) improved side strength of smaller vehicles, 3) side-impact air bags, 4) changes to vehicle stiffness, and 5) modifications of other front-end structures. Some of the interventions shown to be effective are now in wide use. However, others have yet to be required by regulators or voluntarily agreed to by manufacturers. If larger, heavier vehicles remain on the nation's roads, countermeasures will be needed to reduce risks for occupants of other vehicles.

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减少与车辆不兼容相关风险的干预措施。

与较大，较重的运动型多用途车和轻型卡车相撞时，较小，较轻的乘用车的乘员比与其他汽车相撞的可能性更大。需要采取干预措施以减少这种车辆的“不兼容性”及其后果。作者进行了系统的文献综述，以确定减少不相容性的干预措施的评估。他们回顾了工程，生物医学和其他技术文献。要纳入研究，必须具有1）评估干预措施以减少碰撞时车辆的不兼容性或其后果；2）报告了新的研究；（3）1990年至2010年以英文出版。有17项研究符合纳入标准。干预措施旨在降低大型车辆的攻击性或提高小型车辆的耐撞性。有效的干预措施包括：1）改变保险杠的高度； 2）改进小型车辆的侧面强度； 3）侧面碰撞安全气囊； 4）改变车辆的刚度；以及5）修改其他前端结构。一些有效的干预措施现已广泛使用。但是，监管机构还没有要求其他要求，也没有制造商自愿同意的其他要求。如果更大，更重的车辆仍留在该国的道路上，则需要采取对策以减少其他车辆乘员的风险。5）其他前端结构的修改。一些有效的干预措施现已广泛使用。但是，监管机构尚无其他要求，也未得到制造商的自愿同意。如果更大，更重的车辆仍留在该国的道路上，则需要采取对策以减少其他车辆乘员的风险。5）其他前端结构的修改。一些有效的干预措施现已广泛使用。但是，监管机构还没有要求其他要求，也没有制造商自愿同意的其他要求。如果更大，更重的车辆仍留在该国的道路上，则需要采取对策以减少其他车辆乘员的风险。