Critical older driver errors in a national sample of serious U.S. crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 211-219

  Cicchino, Jessica B ^a   McCartt, Anne T ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crash investigation; Driver error; Gap acceptance; Gender differences; Inadequate surveillance; Intersection crashes; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; EMERGENCY SERVICES; ERRORS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INTERSECTIONS; MONITORING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SPEED; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

CRASH INVESTIGATION; DRIVER ERROR; GAP ACCEPTANCE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INTERSECTION CRASHES; OLDER DRIVERS;

VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CAR DRIVING; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLICE; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLICE; PROBABILITY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937777971     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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