Annual mileage, driving violations, and accident involvement in relation to drivers' sex, age, and level of education

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 593-597

  Lourens, Peter F ^a   Vissers, Jan A M M ^b   Jessurun, Maaike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Traffic Test   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accident involvement; Age; Annual mileage; Drivers' sex; Level of education; Violations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033190728     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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