Factors associated with fatal and injurious car crash among learner drivers in New South Wales, Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-340

  Lam, Lawrence T ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Car crash injury; Learner drivers; Risk factors; Teenage drivers

Indexed keywords

DRIVER TRAINING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LEARNER DRIVERS; TEENAGE DRIVERS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037401020     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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