The stability of driver acceleration behavior, and a replication of its relation to bus accidents

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-92

  Af Wahlberg A E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Bus driver; Crash; Driver behavior; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BUSES; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BUS ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142095064     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00130-6     Document Type: Article

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