If you can't take the heat: Influences of temperature on bus accident rates

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-71

  af Wahlberg A E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bus driver; Crash; Heat; Traffic accident; Weather

Indexed keywords

BUS DRIVERS; RISK ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; THERMAL EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACCIDENT RATES; ACCIDENT RISKS; BUSES BYPASSES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

EID: 36749100814     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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