Motor scooters and mopeds: Are increasing sales translating into increasing crashes?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2074, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Haworth, Narelle ^a   Nielson, Angela ^a  

^a Queensland University of Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ROADS AND STREETS;

AUSTRALIA; CRASH INVOLVEMENT; LOSS OF CONTROL; LOW SPEED; MEDICAL TREATMENT; MOTORCYCLE CRASHES; QUEENSLAND; RECENT RESEARCHES; RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS; VEHICLE CRASHES;

MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 61349161701     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2074-09     Document Type: Article

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