An evaluation of the general effect of the New Zealand graduated driver licensing system on motorcycle traffic crash hospitalisations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 651-661

  Reeder, Anthony I ^a   Alsop, Jonathan C ^a   Langley, John D ^a   Wagenaar, Alexander C ^b  

^a Injury Prevention Research Unit   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver licensing; Evaluation; Motorcyclists; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MOTORCYCLE; NEW ZEALAND; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MOTORCYCLES; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033227454     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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