Identifying gaps in child pedestrian safety: Comparing what children do with what parents teach

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1674, 1999, Pages 32-40

  MacGregor, Carolyn ^a   Smiley, Alison ^b   Dunk, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Human Factors North   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; URBAN PLANNING;

CHILD PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; VEHICLE/PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS;

NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0033207322     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1674-05     Document Type: Article

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