Increased traffic accident rates associated with shale gas drilling in Pennsylvania

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 203-209

  Graham, Jove ^a   Irving, Jennifer ^b   Tang, Xiaoqin ^a   Sellers, Stephen ^b   Crisp, Joshua ^b   Horwitz, Daniel ^a   Muehlenbachs, Lucija ^c,d   Krupnick, Alan ^c   Carey, David ^b  

^a GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b WEIS CENTER FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marcellus; Motor vehicle accidents; Traffic; Unconventional natural gas

Indexed keywords

GASES; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES; NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL DRILLING; SHALE; SHALE GAS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WELL DRILLING;

ACCIDENT RATE; DRILLING ACTIVITY; INJURY CRASHES; MARCELLUS; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; UNCONVENTIONAL NATURAL GAS; VEHICLE ACCIDENTS; VEHICLE CRASHES;

ACCIDENTS;

FOSSIL FUEL;

HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; OIL INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR VEHICLES; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; PENNSYLVANIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84911926622     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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