Road accidents and rainfall in a large Australian city

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-454

  Keay, Kevin ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Meteorology; Rainfall; Relative risk; Road accidents; Road traffic; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

LAW ENFORCEMENT; RAIN; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

RELATIVE RISK; ROAD TRAFFIC; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; RAIN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 33644927528     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.06.025     Document Type: Article

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