Injury typology of fatal motorcycle collisions with roadside barriers in Australia and New Zealand

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-260

  Bambach, M R ^a   R h grzebieta, ^a   McIntosh, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Injury; Motorcycles; Roadside safety barriers

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CRASH CHARACTERISTICS; CRASH MODES; FATALITIES; HEAD INJURIES; HIGH INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY PROFILES; MULTI-VEHICLES; NEW ZEALAND; ROAD AUTHORITIES; ROAD SAFETY; ROADSIDE BARRIERS; SAFETY BARRIERS; SERIES ANALYSIS; SERIOUS INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS; ROADSIDES;

MOTORCYCLES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052336361     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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