Factors affecting the safety performance of bus companies - The experience of Taiwan bus deregulation

Safety Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 323-344

  Chang, Hsin Li ^a   Yeh, Chun Chih ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bus; Deregulation; Organization; Poisson regression; Safety management

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; DEREGULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUS COMPANIES; POISSON REGRESSION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY REGULATION POLICIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INJURY; MANAGEMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TAIWAN; THEORY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 24044458678     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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