Fatal traffic accidents among trailer truck drivers and accident causes as viewed by other truck drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-196

  Häkkänen, Helinä ^a   Summala, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Driver fatigue; Fatal road accidents; In depth accident analysis; Technological countermeasure; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FATIGUE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE; FATIGUE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 0035286042     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00030-0     Document Type: Article

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