Proposal for territorial distribution of the 2010 EU road safety target

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1008-1015

  Tolon Becerra A ^a   Lastra Bravo, X ^a   Bienvenido Barcena F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EU transport policy; Europe; International comparisons; Quantitative road safety target; Road mortality; Spain

Indexed keywords

EU TRANSPORT POLICY; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; QUANTITATIVE ROAD SAFETY TARGET; ROAD MORTALITY; SPAIN;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TARGETS; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MORTALITY; SAFETY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; SAFETY; SPAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 68049148345     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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