Benchmarking road safety performances of countries

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1203-1211

  Wegman, Fred ^a   Oppe, Siem ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International comparison; Model; Performance indicators; Policy evaluation; Road safety

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOOD PRACTICES; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; PER CAPITA; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; POLICY DOCUMENTS; POLICY EVALUATION; POLITICAL INTEREST; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD SAFETY POLICIES; ROAD USERS; SAFETY MEASURES; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; STANDARD PROCEDURES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; BENCHMARKING; ROADS AND STREETS; STANDARDIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 77955074457     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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