Initial development of a practical safety audit tool to assess fleet safety management practices

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 102-118

  Mitchell, Rebecca ^a   Friswell, Rena ^a   Mooren, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit tool; Fleet safety; Safety management

Indexed keywords

4-LEVEL; FLEET MANAGERS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT-VEHICLE FLEET; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL INJURY; SAFETY AUDITS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SHARING INFORMATION; TRAINING AND EDUCATION; VEHICLE CRASHES; VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; WORK-RELATED;

ACCIDENTS; BENCHMARKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RATING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VEHICLES;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857006015     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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