Analysis of precipitation-related motor vehicle collision and injury risk using insurance and police record information for Winnipeg, Canada

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 383-390

  Mills, Brian N ^a   Andrey, Jean ^a   Hambly, Derrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

injuries; insurance; motor vehicle collisions; police records; precipitation

Indexed keywords

COLLISION RISKS; COMMON SOURCE; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DATA SETS; DRY WEATHERS; INJURIES; INJURY RISK; INSURANCE CLAIMS; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; POLICE RECORDS; POLICE REPORTS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; RELATIVE RISKS;

INSURANCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; VEHICLES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

RAIN; SNOW;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, ACCIDENT; MANITOBA; POLICE; RAIN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 81355148508     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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