Attitudes towards traffic safety, driving behaviour and accident involvement among the Norwegian public

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 555-572

  Iversen, Hilde ^a   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accidents; Attitudes; Driving behaviour; Near accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; DRIVER LICENSING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DRIVING BEHAVIOR; RISK BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 1842689287     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130410001658709     Document Type: Article

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