Rail safety and rail privatisation in Britain

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 510-523

  Evans, Andrew W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Fatalities; Rail privatisation; Railways; Safety

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATA REDUCTION; EXTRAPOLATION; PRIVATIZATION; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FATALITIES; NON FATAL TRAIN ACCIDENTS; RAIL PRIVATIZATION; RAILWAYS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRIVATIZATION; RAILROADS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY;

EID: 34247496849     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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