Costs and benefits to Sweden of Swedish road safety research

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-392

  Elvik, Rune ^a   Kolbenstvedt, Marika ^a   Elvebakk, Beate ^a   Hervik, Arild ^b   Bræin, Lasse ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c Moreforsking   (Norway)

Author keywords

Evaluation study; Long term trends; Research; Road safety; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY APPROACHES; EVALUATION STUDY; LONG-TERM TRENDS; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD SAFETY MEASURES; SAFETY BENEFITS; SWEDEN; TRANSPORT RESEARCHES; VEHICLE SAFETIES;

CIVIL DEFENSE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; RESEARCH; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEAT BELTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 64849097208     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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