Marginal effect of increasing ageing drivers on injury crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2065-2068

  Tay, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing drivers; Injury crashes; Licensing; Marginal effects

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGEING DRIVERS; ALBERTA; FATAL CRASHES; INJURY CRASHES; LICENSING; MARGINAL EFFECTS; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; QUEENSLAND;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949155469     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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