Comparison of crashes during public holidays and regular weekends

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 93-97

  Anowar, Sabreena ^a   Yasmin, Shamsunnahar ^a   Tay, Richard ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drink driving; Enforcement; Logistic regression; Public holidays; Publicity campaigns; Seatbelt; Speeding

Indexed keywords

DRINK-DRIVING; ENFORCEMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PUBLIC HOLIDAYS; PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS; SEAT BELT; SPEEDING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

LOGISTICS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; LEISURE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALBERTA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CRIME; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEAT BELTS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870164392     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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