Identifying predictors of persistent non-alcohol or drug-related risky driving behaviours among a cohort of young adults

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1067-1071

  Begg, Dorothy J ^a   Langley, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Risk taking; Speeding; Unsafe driving; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; RISK TAKING; UNSAFE DRIVING; YOUNG ADULTS;

ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA REDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4344597714     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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