Drivers at Fault: Influences of Age, Sex, and Vehicle Type

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-179

  Kim, Karl ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Richardson, James ^a   Nitz, Lawrence ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Effects of age; Fault; Log linear modeling; Sex and vehicle type; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000694034     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(98)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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