Age-related safety in professional heavy vehicle drivers: A literature review

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-371

  Duke, Janine ^a   Guest, Maya ^b   Boggess, May ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age factors; Occupation; Safety; Statistics; Traffic accidents crashes; Truck

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RATE; AGE FACTORS; AGE-RELATED; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL HEAVY VEHICLES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DRIVER AGE; HEAVY VEHICLE; HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVERS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE TRAILERS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OLDER DRIVERS; RISK OF ACCIDENTS; SAFETY CULTURE; TRANSPORT SECTORS; VEHICLE CONFIGURATION;

ACCIDENTS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAR DRIVING; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; REVIEW; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONS; RISK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049130566     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.026     Document Type: Review

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