The culpability of drivers killed in New Zealand road crashes and their use of alcohol and other drugs

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-128

  Poulsen, Helen ^a   Moar, Rosemary ^a   Pirie, Ruth ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crash risk; Culpability; Driver fatalities; Drug use

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DRUG PRODUCTS;

BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRASH RISK; CULPABILITY; DRIVER FATALITIES; DRUG USE; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896516723     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.02.019     Document Type: Article

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