Identification of differences between rural and urban safety cultures

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 931-937

  Rakauskas, Michael E ^a   Ward, Nicholas J ^a   Gerberich, Susan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Fatality factors; Rural; Safety interventions; Survey methodology; Traffic safety; Urban

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; FATALITY FACTORS; RURAL; SAFETY INTERVENTIONS; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL AREAS; SURVEYS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRUCKS;

SAFETY FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949085049     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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