How important is vehicle safety in the new vehicle purchase process?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 994-1004

  Koppel, Sjaanie ^a   Charlton, Judith ^a   Fildes, Brian ^a   Fitzharris, Michael ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

New vehicle purchases; Purchasing decisions; Safety ratings; Vehicle safety

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; PURCHASING;

PURCHASING DECISIONS; SAFETY RATINGS; VEHICLE PURCHASES; VEHICLE SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SPAIN; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 42749089395     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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