In defence of the 'low-mileage bias'

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1996-1999

  Langford, Jim ^a   Koppel, Sjaanie ^a   McCarthy, Dennis ^b   Srinivasan, Sivaramakrishnan ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Occupational Therapy   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash risk; Low mileage bias; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT ANALYSES; CRASH INVOLVEMENTS; CRASH RATES; CRASH RISK; DRIVING DISTANCES; LOW-MILEAGE BIAS; OLDER DRIVERS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; TIME USING;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949100335     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.08.027     Document Type: Article

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