Evaluating safety effects of daylight savings time on fatal and nonfatal injury crashes in Texas

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1953, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Stevens, Charles R ^a   Lord, Dominique ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME (DST); PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; SAFETY EFFECTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 33845316409     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1953-17     Document Type: Article

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