Globalization in road safety: Explaining the downward trend in road accident rates in a single country (Israel)

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-84

  Beenstock, Michael ^a   Gafni, Dalit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Downward trend; Econometric analysis of time series; Globalization in road safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TECHNOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033987347     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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