Costs of large truck-involved crashes in the United States

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 801-808

  Zaloshnja, Eduard ^a   Miller, Ted R ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Crash; Injury; Truck

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COSTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA REDUCTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; SURGERY; SURVEYS; TRUCKS;

CRASH; INJURY; TRUCK-INVOLVED CRASHES; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942547510     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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