Crash Risk and Vehicle Color
撞车危险和车辆颜色
The notion that there is a relationship between car color and crash risk may initially sound ridiculous, equivalent to the belief that red cars go faster.
车辆颜色与撞车危险的关系可能一开始听起来很荒谬，就好像红色的车开起来更快。
Nor is it likely that many people in the market for a new car would have “color” amongst airbags and electronic stability programs on their list of desired safety features.
想在市场上买有颜色新车的那些人就不太可能将安全气囊与电子稳定系统放在他们需要的安全功能列表中。
Yet when light conditions are taken into consideration, there is a clear statistical relationship between a vehicle’s color and its crash risk, as detailed in a report by Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) in 2007.
但是，正如2007年莫那什大学事故研究中心（MUARC）报道中细节所阐述的，如果把车灯照射光线的状况也考虑进去，就可以厘清车辆颜色与撞车危险之间的关系。
Compared to white, colors such as black, blue, grey and others ranking lower on the visibility index were associated with higher crash risk in daylight hours.
在白天，相较于白色，像黑色、蓝色、灰色以及其他在可见显示指示标中低等级的颜色间有更高风险的导致撞车事故。
MUARC’s research remains the most up to date research on this topic.
莫那什大学事故研究中心研究在此话题上保留了绝大多数最近的研究数据。
It suggests crash severity is linked to vehicle color, with “low visibility colors having higher risks of more severe crashes.”
结果显示，严重撞车事故与车辆的颜色有关，那些不显眼颜色车辆出现严重撞车事故的风险会更高。
Using crash from Victoria and Western Australia, the MUARC study examined vehicles of different colors.
利用维州和西澳大利亚的撞车数据，莫那什大学研究检验了不同颜色车辆。
Also included in the study were conditions such as light at the time of the crash, vehicle type and crash severity.
研究领域同样也包括比如在撞车时车灯打出光线的状况，车辆类型以及撞车的严重性。
The result compared white vehicles with all other colored vehicles.
对比白色车辆与其他颜色车辆的结果来看。
MUARC’s research showed a number of colors such as black, blue, grey were related to high risk.
莫纳什大学事故中心研究展示了许多黑色、蓝色，灰色颜色的车辆与高风险有关。
The association between color and crash risk was highest during daylight hours.
在白天，颜色与撞车风险之间的相关性最高。
The link was reduced during darker driving hours due to color being less distinguishable and headlights further reducing color’s effect.
在晚上，颜色与撞车风险的相关性会降低，这是因为车大灯会减少车辆颜色在夜晚的效果使得车辆颜色变得不那么明显。
