Female involvement in U.S. nonfatal crashes under a three-level hierarchical crash model

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2007-2012

  Kelley Baker, Tara ^a   Romano, Eduardo ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Female drivers; Hierarchical model; Nonfatal crashes

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MANEUVERABILITY;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CRASH MODELING; FATAL CRASHES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; NONFATAL CRASHES;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCELERATION; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTENTION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049409417     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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