Road safety development in Europe: A decade of changes (2001-2010)

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-94

  Shen, Yongjun ^a   Hermans, Elke ^a   Bao, Qiong ^a   Brijs, Tom ^a   Wets, Geert ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; European; Fatality risk; Malmquist productivity index; Road safety development; Union

Indexed keywords

CATCHING-UP; EU COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRANSPORT SECTORS; TECHNICAL CHANGE; UNION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FATALITY RISK; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; MORTALITY; RISK; ROAD SAFETY DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FATALITY RISK; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; ROAD SAFETY DEVELOPMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; SAFETY;

EID: 84883800922     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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