Factors leading to older drivers' intersection crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-274

  Braitman, Keli A ^a   Kirley, Bevan B ^a   Ferguson, Susan ^a,b   Chaudhary, Neil K ^c  

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

^b Ferguson International LLC   (United States)

^c Preusser Research Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash Typing; Intersection Crashes; Older Drivers; Roundabouts; Traffic Controls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDGMENT; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548131081     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580701272346     Document Type: Article

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