Distribution and characteristics of road traffic crashes in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, China

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 334-340

  Wang, Yan ^a   Hasselberg, Marie ^a   Wu, Zongzhi ^b   Laflamme, Lucie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b State Administration of Work Safety   (China)

Author keywords

Car crash; Crash pattern; Motorization; Traffic injury; Type of road; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; URBAN PLANNING;

CAR CRASH; CRASH PATTERN; MOTORIZATION; TRAFFIC INJURY; TYPE OF ROAD;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38349107627     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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