A statistical profile of road accidents during cross-flow turns

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 721-730

  Clarke, David D ^a   Forsyth, Richard ^b   Wright, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident causation; Police records; Road junction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COSTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACCIDENT CAUSATION; INFORMANTS; POLICE RECORDS; ROAD JUNCTION;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 19944372797     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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