The economic costs of road traffic crashes: Australia, states and territories

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1087-1093

  Connelly, Luke B ^a   Supangan, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Economic cost; Road traffic crashes; States and territories

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGIONAL PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC COST; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP); GROSS STATE PRODUCT (GSP); ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES; STATES AND TERRITORIES;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749077543     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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