Exposure measurement in bicycle safety analysis: A review of the literature

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-19

  Vanparijs, Jef ^a   Int Panis, Luc ^b,c   Meeusen, Romain ^a   De Geus, Bas ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accident; Active mobility; Bicycle; Exposure; Incidence rate; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BICYCLES; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

BICYCLE ACCIDENTS; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT; INCIDENCE RATE; LITERATURE SEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESEARCH DESIGNS;

SPORTING GOODS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLING; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939806307     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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