Road accidents caused by drivers falling asleep

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 639-649

  Sagberg, Fridulv ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP RESEARCH;

LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORWAY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032588279     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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