Traffic accident statistics and risk perceptions in Japan and the United States

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 827-835

  Hayakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Fischbeck, Paul S ^a,b   Fischhoff, Baruch ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident lethality; Japan; Risk perception; Traffic accident risk; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034326359     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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