The Effect on Road Safety of a Modal Shift From Car to Bicycle

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 412-421

  Stipdonk, Henk ^a   Reurings, Martine ^a  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bicyclist; Car; Elderly driver; Modal shift; Modeling; Road safety; Young driver

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILES; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864678384     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.660661     Document Type: Article

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