Commercial driver factors in run-off-road crashes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2281, 2012, Pages 128-132

  Peng, Yiyun ^a   Boyle, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILES; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCKS;

COMMERCIAL DRIVERS; CRASH INVOLVEMENT; CRASH SEVERITY; FATAL CRASHES; GAIN INSIGHT; INJURY CRASHES; LARGE-TRUCKS; LOGISTICS MODEL; ROAD CRASH; RUN-OFF;

OFF ROAD VEHICLES;

EID: 84867767635     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2281-16     Document Type: Article

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