Distinguishing traffic modes in analysing road safety development

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1383-1393

  Stipdonk, Henk ^a   Berends, Ellen ^a  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modal shift; Risk; Stratification; Traffic modes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; MOTORCYCLES; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; TRUCK DRIVERS; VEHICLES;

CAR ACCIDENTS; CAR MOBILITY; EFFECTS OF SAFETY; ELSEVIER (CO); GENERAL (CO); MOBILITY FLUCTUATIONS; ROAD SAFETY; TRAFFIC MODES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 46149084429     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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