The influence of alcohol, age and number of passengers on the night-time risk of driver fatal injury in New Zealand

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-61

  Keall, Michael D ^a   Frith, William J ^a   Patterson, Tui L ^a  

^a Land Transport Safety Authority New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case control study; Legal limit; Passengers; Risk; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; RISKS;

PASSENGERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; RISK; SEX RATIO; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; RISK; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0142126737     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00114-8     Document Type: Article

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