A statistical analysis of fatal collisions and derailments of passenger trains on British Railways: 1967-1996

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-80

  Evans, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crashworthiness; Derailments; Fatalities; Rolling stock; Train accidents; Train collisions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002188651     PISSN: 09544097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954409971530923     Document Type: Article

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