Risk factors for fatal crashes in rural Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1082-1088

  Siskind, Victor ^a   Steinhardt, Dale ^a   Sheehan, Mary ^a   O'Connor, Teresa ^b   Hanks, Heather ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Causal factors; Drink driving; Fatalities; Rural traffic crashes; Speeding

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL FACTORS; DRINK DRIVING; FATALITIES; RURAL TRAFFIC CRASHES; SPEEDING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORCYCLE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MOTORCYCLES; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; QUEENSLAND; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952455909     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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