Inter-group differences in road-traffic crash involvement

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2000-2007

  Factor, Roni ^a   Mahalel, David ^a   Yair, Gad ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Group differences; Involvement probability; Risk; Road traffic accidents; Socioeconomic characteristics; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS;

GROUP DIFFERENCES; INVOLVEMENT PROBABILITY; ROAD-TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOLOGY;

PROBABILITY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 55049113532     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.08.022     Document Type: Article

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