Heavy vehicle driver fatalities: Learning's from fatal road crash investigations in Victoria

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 557-564

  Brodie, Lisa ^a   Lyndal, Bugeja ^a   Elias, Ibrahim Joseph ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coroner; Death; Injury; Occupation; Transport; Truck

Indexed keywords

CORONER; DEATH; INJURY; OCCUPATION; TRANSPORT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PREVALENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849112848     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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