An update on the association between setting quantified road safety targets and road fatality reduction

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1279-1283

  Allsop, Richard E ^a   Sze, N N ^b   Wong, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Before and after analysis; Comparison group method; Odds ratio test; Quantified road safety target; Road fatality

Indexed keywords

BEFORE-AND-AFTER ANALYSIS; COMPARISON GROUP METHOD; ODDS RATIO TEST; QUANTIFIED ROAD SAFETY TARGET; ROAD FATALITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ESTIMATION;

ROADS AND STREETS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; NOTE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952448618     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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