Characteristics of vehicle-animal crashes in which vehicle occupants are killed

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-59

  Williams, Allan F ^a   Wells, Joann K ^a  

^a Ins Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Countermeasures; Motor Vehicle Crashes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CAT; CATTLE; DARKNESS; DEER; DOG; FATALITY; HELMET; HORSE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTORCYCLE; NIGHT; OPOSSUM; RURAL AREA; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

EID: 15344341337     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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