Crossing county lines: The impact of crash location and driver's residence on motor vehicle crash fatality

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 723-727

  Donaldson, Amy E ^a   Cook, Lawrence J ^a   Hutchings, Caroline B ^a   Dean, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatality; Motor vehicle crash; Risk factors; Rural; Urban; Utah

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS;

FATALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; RISK FACTORS; RURAL; URBAN; UTAH;

GROUND VEHICLES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646374908     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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