The effects of vehicle model and driver behavior on risk

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 479-494

  Wenzel, Thomas P ^a,b   Ross, Marc ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver fatalities; Injury risk; Light trucks; Sport utility vehicles

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GROUND VEHICLES; MACHINE DESIGN; RISKS; UTILITY TRUCKS;

DRIVER FATALITIES; INJURY RISKS; LIGHT TRUCKS; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES (SUV);

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844360884     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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