Accident risk of foreign drivers in various road environments

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-480

  Yannis, George ^a   Golias, John ^a   Papadimitriou, Eleonora ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accident fault risk; Driver nationality; Induced exposure; Log linear analysis; Road characteristics

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

ACCIDENT FAULT RISKS; DRIVER NATIONALITY; INDUCED EXPOSURE; LOG-LINEAR ANALYSIS; ROAD CHARACTERISTICS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 34548629974     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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