Driving speed and the risk of road crashes: A review

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-224

  Aarts, Letty ^a   Van Schagen, Ingrid ^a  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crash rate; Driving speed; Literature review; Speed variance

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED;

CRASH RATE; DRIVING SPEED; LITERATURE REVIEW; SPEED VARIANCE;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; MOTION; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MOTION;

EID: 31044433473     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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