Temporal variations in road traffic fatalities in South Africa

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 421-428

  Sukhai, Anesh ^a,b   Jones, Andrew P ^a   Love, Barnaby S ^a   Haynes, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Multilevel; NARX models; Road traffic fatalities; South Africa; Spatial; Temporal

Indexed keywords

MULTILEVEL; NARX MODELS; ROAD TRAFFIC FATALITIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL; TEMPORAL;

FORESTRY; FUEL ECONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; LEISURE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POLICE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649985484     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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