Road crashes involving animals in Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1865-1871

  Rowden, Peter ^a   Steinhardt, Dale ^a   Sheehan, Mary ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal; Crash; Injury; Motorcycle; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL AREAS;

AUSTRALIA; COUNTER-MEASURES; CRASH; CRASH TYPES; DATA MATCHING; DIRECT IMPACTS; INJURY; MOTOR VEHICLES; NORTH QUEENSLAND; PUBLIC ROADS; REMOTE AREAS; REPAIR COSTS; RISK FACTORS; ROAD CRASHES; ROAD SAFETIES; ROAD SAFETY; SERIOUS INJURIES; TIME TRAVELS; VEHICLE OCCUPANTS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARSUPIAL; MOTORCYCLE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACROPODIDAE; MOTORCYCLES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 55149121197     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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