Pedestrian crashes in Washington, DC and Baltimore

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 703-710

  Preusser, David F ^a   Wells, JoAnn K ^b   Williams, Allan F ^b   Weinstein, Helen B ^a  

^a Preusser Research Group Inc   (United States)

^b Insurance Institute for Highway Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Pedestrian crashes; Police crash reports; Primary precipitating factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CHILD; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND;

EID: 0036707722     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00070-7     Document Type: Article

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