Older drivers' road traffic crashes in the UK

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1018-1024

  Clarke, David D ^a   Ward, Patrick ^a   Bartle, Craig ^a   Truman, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Crashes; Older driver

Indexed keywords

OLDER DRIVERS; POLICE FORCES; RIGHT OF WAY; ROAD TRAFFIC CRASHES; TIME OF DAY;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77955334191     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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