The independent contribution of driver, crash, and vehicle characteristics to driver fatalities

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 717-727

  Bédard, Michel ^a,b   Guyatt, Gordon H ^c   Stones, Michael J ^b   Hirdes, John P ^d  

^a Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Crashes; Determinants; Drivers; Fatalities; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; SAFETY FACTOR;

DRIVER FATALITIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036826987     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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