Systemwide implications of the repeal of the national maximum speed limit

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 180-189

  Grabowski, David C ^a   Morrisey, Michael A ^b,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Center for Injury Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle fatalities; Regulation; Risk; Speed limit; Transportation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; VEHICLES;

DATA SPANNING; MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES; SPEED LIMIT; VEHICLE MILES;

SPEED CONTROL;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750285452     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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