The situational risks of young drivers: The influence of passengers, time of day and day of week on accident rates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Doherty, Sean T ^a,b   Andrey, Jean C ^a   MacGregor, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accident rates; Nighttime; Passengers; Weekends; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031605283     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00060-2     Document Type: Article

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