The contribution of fatal crashes involving teens transporting teens

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-572

  Williams, Allan F ^a   Ali, Bina ^b   Shults, Ruth A ^b  

^a Allan F Williams LLC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash; FARS; Graduated licensing; Passenger; Teenagers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649726420     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2010.501834     Document Type: Article

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