Predicting seat belt use in fatal motor vehicle crashes from observation surveys of belt use

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-148

  Salzberg, Philip ^a   Yamada, Anna ^a   Saibel, Charlie ^a   Moffat, John ^a  

^a Washington Traffic Safety Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

FARS; Fatal motor vehicle crashes; Seat belt use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 0036489134     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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