Methods to reduce traffic crashes involving deer: What works and what does not

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-131

  Hedlund, James H ^a   Curtis, Paul D ^b   Curtis, Gwen ^b   Williams, Allan F ^a  

^a Highway Safety North ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash Prevention Methods; Deer; Traffic Accidents Involving Deer; Traffic Crashes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DEER; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HERD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; DEER; HUMANS; POPULATION CONTROL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 3042553991     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580490435079     Document Type: Article

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