Attributions of responsibility for motor vehicle crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 681-688

  Stewart, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution; Avoidance; Motor vehicle crashes

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DRIVER LICENSING; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ATTRIBUTION; AVOIDANCE; INJURY; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES;

GROUND VEHICLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

EID: 19944401261     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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