Under-reporting of road crash casualties in France

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-635

  Amoros, Emmanuelle ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^a   Laumon, Bernard ^a  

^a University Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Multivariate analysis; Police data; Relative risk; Road trauma registry; Selection bias; Under reporting

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; EXTRAPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

POLICE DATA; ROAD TRAUMA REGISTRY; SELECTION BIAS; UNDER-REPORTING;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33646521029     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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