The crash at Kerang: Investigating systemic and psychological factors leading to unintentional non-compliance at rail level crossings

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 1278-1288

  Salmon, Paul M ^a,b   Read, Gemma J M ^b   Stanton, Neville A ^c   Lenné, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Kerang; Rail level crossings; Schema; Systems

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; AT RAIL; KERANG; LEVEL CROSSING; NON-COMPLIANCE; PASSENGER TRAIN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING; SCHEMA; SCHEMA THEORY; SEMI-TRAILERS; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

PASSENGER CARS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAILWAY; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RAILROADS; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; VICTORIA;

EID: 84870297874     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.09.029     Document Type: Article

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