The efficacy of safety policies on traffic fatalities in singapore

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 745-754

  Jessie, Wong S H ^a   Yuan, Wu ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Regression; Regulation; Traffic fatalities

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BREATH TESTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032197470     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(98)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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