An evaluation of a suburban railway pedestrian crossing safety programme

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-165

  Lobb, Brenda ^a   Harre, Niki ^a   Suddendorf, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access prevention; Education campaign; Railway pedestrian accidents; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATION; RAILWAY; WALKING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OBSERVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RAILROADS; RISK-TAKING; WALKING;

EID: 0035285850     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00026-9     Document Type: Article

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