Tractor-trailer crashes in Indiana: A case-control study of the role of truck configuration

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-96

  Braver, Elisa R ^a   Zador, Paul L ^a   Thum, Denise ^a   Mitter, Eric L ^b   Baum, Herbert M ^a   Vilardo, Frank J ^b  

^a Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Crashes; Doubles; Safety; Tractor trailers; Trucks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBANIZATION; WEATHER;

EID: 0030631939     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)87008-X     Document Type: Article

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