Using traffic conviction correlates to identify high accident-risk drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 903-912

  Gebers, Michael A ^a   Peck, Raymond C ^b  

^a California Department of Motor Vehicles   (United States)

^b RC Peck and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident rates; Accident risk; Accident risk forecasting; High risk drivers; Multivariate analysis; Point systems; Regression analysis; Regression models

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0041829140     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00098-2     Document Type: Article

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