The social accident: A theoretical model and a research agenda for studying the influence of social and cultural characteristics on motor vehicle accidents

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 914-921

  Factor, Roni ^a   Mahalel, David ^a   Yair, Gad ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Car collisions; Cultural influence; Culture; Group differences; Interaction among drivers; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; GROUP DIFFERENCES; INTERACTION AMONG DRIVERS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CAUSALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 34548542839     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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