Effectiveness of Motorcycle Antilock Braking Systems (ABS) in Reducing Crashes, the First Cross-National Study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-183

  Rizzi, Matteo ^a   Strandroth, Johan ^a   Kullgren, Anders ^a   Tingvall, Claes ^a   Fildes, Brian ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ABS; antilock; crash; injury; motorcycle; PTW

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; MOTORCYCLE; POLICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; ITALY; MOTORCYCLES; POLICE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; SPAIN; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922246676     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2014.927575     Document Type: Article

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