How to make more cycling good for road safety?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-29

  Wegman, Fred ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Dijkstra, Atze ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bicycle crashes; Cyclist safety; Prevention; State of the art review

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BICYCLES; ROADS AND STREETS; SPORTING GOODS;

BICYCLE CRASHES; CURRENT LEVELS; CYCLIST SAFETY; INHERENT RISK; PREVENTION; ROAD SAFETY; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; SYSTEM APPROACH;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BICYCLE; CHILD; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 80755163627     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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