Towards a method to forecast the effectiveness of national road safety programmes

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1106-1110

  Siegrist, Stefan ^a  

^a Bfu Swiss Council for Accident Prevention   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Evaluation; Ex ante evaluation; Safety policy

Indexed keywords

COMMON UNDERSTANDING; EVALUATION STUDY; EX ANTE EVALUATION; NATIONAL ROADS; POLICY MAKERS; POLITICAL DECISION; POST ASSESSMENT; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD SAFETY POLICIES; SAFETY POLICIES; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION MAKING;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HELMET; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 77955090055     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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