The prevalence of, and factors associated with, serious crashes involving a distracting activity

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 475-482

  McEvoy, Suzanne P ^a   Stevenson, Mark R ^a   Woodward, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driver distraction; Human factor; Motor vehicle; Risk behaviour; Traffic crash

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DRIVER DISTRACTION; HUMAN FACTOR; RISK BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC CRASH;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34247522809     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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