An examination of the environmental, driver and vehicle factors associated with the serious and fatal crashes of older rural drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 768-775

  Thompson, J P ^a   Baldock, M R J ^a   Mathias, J L ^a   Wundersitz, L N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crash factors; Fatality; Older drivers; Rural areas; Serious injury; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

CRASH FACTORS; FATALITY; OLDER DRIVERS; SERIOUS INJURIES; URBAN AREAS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS;

ACCIDENTS;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870295517     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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