Motorcyclist conspicuity-related accidents in urban areas: A speed problem?

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 8, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Brenac, T ^a   Clabaux, N ^a   Perrin, C ^a   Van Elslande, P ^a  

^a Department of Accident Mechanism Analysis   (France)

Author keywords

Conspicuity; In depth accident studies; Motorcycle; Motorcyclist; Speed

Indexed keywords

CONSPICUITY; DRIVING SPEED; IN-DEPTH ACCIDENT STUDIES; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; MOTORCYCLIST; ROAD USERS; SPEED MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREAS;

ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; SPEED;

MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 61349107777     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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