Teenage driver crash incidence and factors influencing crash injury by rurality

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 487-492

  Peek Asa, Corinne ^a,b   Britton, Carla ^a,b   Young, Tracy ^b   Pawlovich, Michael ^c   Falb, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Injury Prevention Research Center   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Motor vehicle collisions; Rurality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CRASH CHARACTERISTICS; CRASH DATA; CRASH INJURY; CRASH RATE; CRASH SEVERITY; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; INJURY CRASHES; INTERVENTION PROGRAMS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LOST WORK; OLDER DRIVERS; REMOTE RURAL AREAS; RISK FACTORS; RURALITY; TEEN DRIVERS; TEENAGE DRIVERS; URBAN ROAD; VEHICLE CRASHES; VEHICLE SAFETY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; VEHICLES;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649761952     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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