Road traffic offending, stress, age, and accident history among male and female drivers

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 757-780

  Simon, Frances ^a   Corbett, Claire ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Age; Driving behaviour; Gender differences; Offending; Stress

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RISKS; SURVEYS;

AGE; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; GENDER DIFFERENCES; OFFENDING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DRIVER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030152807     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964497     Document Type: Article

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