A strategy to reduce older driver injuries at intersections using more accommodating roundabout design practices

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-432

  Lord, Dominique ^a,c   van Schalkwyk, Ida ^b   Chrysler, Susan ^c   Staplin, Loren ^d  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

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

^d TransAnalytics LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering countermeasure; Intersection; Older driver; Roundabout; Safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

ENGINEERING COUNTERMEASURES; PATH GUIDANCE; TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TEXAS;

EID: 34247622832     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.09.011     Document Type: Article

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