Characteristics of fatal motorcycle crashes into roadside safety barriers in Australia and New Zealand

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 652-660

  Jama, Hussein H ^a   Grzebieta, Raphael H ^a   Friswell, Rena ^a   McIntosh, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fatalities; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; New Zealand; Roadside safety barriers; W beam; Wire rope cable barriers

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FATALITIES; MOTORCYCLISTS; NEW ZEALAND; W-BEAM;

BICYCLES; CABLES; MOTORCYCLES; ROPE; WIRE;

ROADSIDES;

ALCOHOL;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEW ZEALAND; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEW ZEALAND; RECREATION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952441208     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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