Pedestrian Casualties and Fatalities in Road Traffic Crashes in a South African Municipality

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-357

  Olukoga, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Casualties; Fatalities; Pedestrians; Road Traffic Crashes; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; PEDESTRIAN; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0346888296     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714040493     Document Type: Article

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