Willingness to use safety belt and levels of injury in car accidents

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1023-1032

  de Lapparent, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Accident severity; Bivariate ordered probit; Risk compensation; Safety belt

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING;

ACCIDENT SEVERITY; BIVARIATE ORDERED PROBIT; RISK COMPENSATION; SAFETY BELT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; DATA BASE; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FRANCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS;

EID: 42749087953     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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