Effect of consecutive driving on accident risk: A comparison between passenger and freight train driving

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1844-1849

  Chang, Hsin Li ^a   Ju, Lai Shun ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Transportation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accident rate; Consecutive driving; Exposure; Railway safety

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DRIVER TRAINING; ERRORS; FREIGHT CARS; LOCOMOTIVES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CARS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS;

ACCIDENT RATE; ACCIDENT RATES; ACCIDENT RISKS; AUDITING SYSTEMS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVINGS; CONSECUTIVE DRIVING; DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAMS; DRIVING HOURS; EXPOSURE; FREIGHT TRAINS; HUMAN ERRORS; MARSHALLING YARDS; RAILWAY SAFETY; SAFETY EQUIPMENTS; SEMI-AUTOMATIC; TRACK LAYOUTS; TRAIN OPERATIONS; WORKING ENVIRONMENTS; WORKING PRESSURES;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; RAILWAY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RAILROADS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 55049122721     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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