Fatal accidents at railway level crossings in Great Britain 1946-2009

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1837-1845

  Evans, Andrew W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accidents; Fatalities; Level crossings; Railways; Roads; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RATE; BRITAIN; FATAL ACCIDENTS; FATALITIES; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; LEVEL CROSSING; PUBLIC ROADS; RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING; RAILWAYS; ROAD INTERSECTIONS; ROAD USERS; ROADS; SAFETY PERFORMANCE;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROADS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RAILWAY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RAILROADS; SAFETY;

EID: 79958216679     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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