Risk perception and driving behaviour among adolescents in two Norwegian counties before and after a traffic safety campaign

Safety Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a   Iversen, Hilde ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Risk perception; Traffic accidents; Traffic safety campaign; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DRIVING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; POPULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0142121367     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-7535(02)00047-4     Document Type: Article

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