Toward understanding the recent large reductions in U.S. road fatalities

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 561-566

  Sivak, Michael ^a   Schoettle, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decline; FARS; Mechanisms; Road fatalities; United states

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649720483     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.520140     Document Type: Article

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