Accident reduction factors and causal inference in traffic safety studies: A review

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-109

  Davis, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident countermeasures; Accident reduction factor; Before after studies; Rubin causal model

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033987330     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00050-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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