Effects of truck driver wages and working conditions on highway safety: Case study

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1833, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Rodríguez, Daniel A ^a   Rocha, Marta ^a   Khattak, Asad J ^a   Belzer, Michael H ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRUCK DRIVERS; WAGES;

DRIVER COMPENSATION; DRIVING HIRING; HIGHWAY SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL FACTORS; POISSON REGRESSION MODEL; WORKING CONDITIONS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 1542346332     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1833-13     Document Type: Article

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