Age and gender differences in perceived accident likelihood and driver competences

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 755-762

  Ian Glendon, A ^a,d   Dorn, Lisa ^b   Davies, D Roy ^a   Matthews, Gerald ^c   Taylor, Ray G ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

age differences; driving competence; gender differences; Perceived accident risk

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISKS;

ACCIDENT LIKELIHOOD; AGE DIFFERENCES; DRIVER COMPETENCE; DRIVING; GENDER DIFFERENCES;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 12644301165     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb00826.x     Document Type: Article

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