Ottawa-Carleton commuter cyclist on- and off-road incident rates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-43

  Aultman Hall, Lisa ^a   Hall, Fred L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Bikepaths; Collisions; Commuter; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031606595     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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