Injuries and fatalities in Turkish road traffic accidents

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 231-237

  Gökdaǧ, Mahir ^a   Kaya, M Dursun ^a   Atalay, Ahmet ^a   Haşiloǧlu, A Samet ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Roads highways; Safety hazards; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ESTIMATION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FATALITIES; MOTOR VEHICLES; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (RTA);

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT, HAZARD, RISK AND RELATED PHENOMENA; INJURY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; TURKEY; WORLD;

EID: 10944221951     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.2004.157.4.231     Document Type: Article

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