Work-related road safety: An analysis based on U.K. bus driver performance

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Dorn, Lisa ^a,b   Af Wåhlberg, Anders ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident; Bus driver; Crash, culpability, quasi induced exposure

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BUS DRIVERS; BUSES; SAFETY FACTOR; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

QUASI-INDUCED EXPOSURE; ROAD SAFETY;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; OCCUPATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ARTICLE; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39849091866     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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