Passenger car collision fatalities - with special emphasis on collisions with heavy vehicles

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-166

  Björnstig, Ulf ^a   Björnstig, Johanna ^b   Eriksson, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Heavy vehicles; Passenger car collisions

Indexed keywords

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HEALTH RISKS; PASSENGER CARS; TRUCKS;

FATALITIES; HEAVY VEHICLES; PASSENGER CAR COLLISIONS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERIODICITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERIODICITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38149000773     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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