Older drivers, crashes and injuries

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-467

  Koppel, Sjaanie ^a   Bohensky, Megan ^a   Langford, Jim ^a   Taranto, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crash risk; Crash scenarios; Injury patterns; Older drivers; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC INJURIES; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80053462276     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.580802     Document Type: Article

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