Road traffic crashes and the protective effect of road curvature over small areas

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-320

  Jones, Andrew P ^a   Haynes, Robin ^a   Harvey, Ian M ^b   Jewell, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c WELSH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electoral wards; Road bends; Road traffic accidents; Stats 19

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CURVATURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ARTICLE; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856578690     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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