Accident risk of foreign drivers - The case of Russian drivers in south-eastern Finland

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-254

  Leviäkangas, Pekka ^a  

^a Finnish Road Administration ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident rates; Cross cultural differences; Finland; Foreign drivers; Russia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FINLAND; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FINLAND; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIA;

EID: 0032012703     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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