Perception of road accident causes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Vanlaar, Ward ^a   Yannis, George ^a  

^a Belgian Road Safety Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Individual difference scaling; Perception; Perceptual map; Road accident causes

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE SCALING; MOBILE PHONES; PERCEPTUAL MAP; ROAD ACCIDENT CAUSES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 27644494240     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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