Analyzing fault in pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes in North Carolina

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1805-1813

  Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F ^a   Kim, Sungyop ^b   Booth, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c Clark Construction   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash; Driver; Fault; Motor vehicle; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; FAULTING; SAFETY ENGINEERING; VEHICLES;

CRASH; DRIVER; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR; VISIBILITY IMPROVEMENT;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICE; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; NORTH CAROLINA; POLICE; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049370713     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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