Relationship between types of head injury and age of pedestrian

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-23

  Richards, David ^a   Carroll, Jolyon ^a  

^a TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Pedestrian; Risk; Road safety; Traffic accident; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNS; ENGLAND; FACIAL BONES; HEAD INJURIES; PEDESTRIAN; RELATIVE MOTION; ROAD SAFETY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BRAIN; FRACTURE; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISKS;

HOSPITALS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SKULL FRACTURES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856412303     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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