Trends over time in the risk of driver death: What if vehicle designs had not improved?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-342

  Farmer, Charles M ^a   Lund, Adrian K ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fatal Crashes; Relative Risk; Vehicle Age

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FATALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TREND STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751177540     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580600943369     Document Type: Article

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