Novice riders and the predictors of riding without motorcycle protective clothing

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1095-1103

  De Rome, Liz ^a   Ivers, Rebecca ^a   Haworth, Narelle ^b   Heritier, Stephane ^a   Du, Wei ^a   Fitzharris, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident; Crash; Injury; Learner; Motorcycle; Novice; Protective clothing; Rider; Risk

Indexed keywords

CRASH; INJURY; LEARNER; NOVICE; RIDER;

ACCIDENTS; MOTORCYCLES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AWARENESS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952443300     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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