Would relaxing speed limits aggravate safety?: A case study of Hong Kong

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 377-388

  Wong, S C ^a   Sze, N N ^a   Lo, Hong K ^b   Hung, W T ^c   Loo, Becky P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accident counts; Before and after study; Comparison group; Road safety; Speed limit; Treatment group

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TESTING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT COUNTS; AGGRAVATE SAFETY; BEFORE AND AFTER STUDY; COMPARISON GROUP; ROAD SAFETY; SPEED LIMITS; TREATMENT GROUP;

SPEED CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 12344301162     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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