Voluntary risk taking and skill deficits in young driver accidents in the UK

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 523-529

  Clarke, David D ^a   Ward, Patrick ^a   Truman, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident causation; Police records; Risk taking; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DECISION MAKING; GROUND VEHICLES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT CAUSATION; POLICE RECORDS; RISK TAKING; YOUNG DRIVERS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 14844355884     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.01.007     Document Type: Article

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