A holistic approach for assessing traffic safety in the United Arab Emirates

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 554-564

  Hassan, Mohammad Nurul ^a   Hawas, Yaser E ^a   Maraqa, Munjed A ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Holistic approach; Traffic accidents; Traffic safety; UAE

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; EDUCATION AND TRAINING; FATALITY RATES; HOLISTIC APPROACH; PERSPECTIVE APPROACH; POLICE REPORTS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UAE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VEHICLE SAFETY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SURVEYS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

AWARENESS; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEATBELT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; AWARENESS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEAT BELTS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84856086715     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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