Older drivers' involvement in fatal RTCs. Do crashes fatal to them differ from crashes involving them but fatal to others?

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-646

  Skyving, M ^a   Berg, H Y ^a,b   Laflamme, L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Car crash; Crash severity; Driving impairment; Road traffic safety

Indexed keywords

AGEING; CAR CRASH; CRASH SEVERITY; DRIVING IMPAIRMENT; ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY;

EID: 61849116327     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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