Risk factors to driver fatalities in single-vehicle crashes: Comparisons between non-motorcycle drivers and motorcyclists

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-236

  Chang, Hsin Li ^a   Yeh, Tsu Hurng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Risk management; Taiwan; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTORCYCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS;

FATALITIES; MOTORCYCLISTS; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-VEHICLE CRASHES;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33144473234     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2006)132:3(227)     Document Type: Article

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