Magnitude and categories of pedestrian fatalities in South Africa

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 586-593

  Mabunda, Milliscent M ^a   Swart, Lu Anne ^a   Seedat, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Pedestrian; Prevention; Trends; Typological analysis

Indexed keywords

RISKS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FATALITIES; PEDESTRIANS; TYPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; WALKING;

EID: 40149094191     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.019     Document Type: Article

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