Laws of accident causation

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 742-747

  Elvik, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accident; Causation; Empirical testing; Explanation; Scientific law

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT; CAUSATION; EMPIRICAL TESTING; SCIENTIFIC LAW;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

EID: 33646518998     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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