Impact of federal compliance reviews of trucking companies in reducing highway truck crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 238-245

  Chen, Guang Xiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance review; Evaluation; Truck crash; Truck safety

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TRUCKS;

COMPLIANCE REVIEWS; TRUCK CRASH; TRUCK SAFETY; TRUCKING COMPANIES;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MOTOR VEHICLES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 38149049132     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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