Cohort effects in older drivers' accident type distribution: Are older drivers as old as they used to be?

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Hakamies Blomqvist, Liisa ^a   Henriksson, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident; Cohort; Older driver

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033195246     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(99)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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