Female involvement in fatal crashes: Increasingly riskier or increasingly exposed?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1781-1788

  Romano, Eduardo ^a   Kelley Baker, Tara ^a   Voas, Robert B ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash exposure; Fatal crashes; Female drivers; Risky driving; Underage

Indexed keywords

CRASH EXPOSURE; DRIVING BEHAVIORS; FATAL CRASHES; FEMALE DRIVERS; RISK-TAKING; RISKY DRIVING; UNDERAGE; VEHICLE CRASHES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 49949111861     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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