Progress towards zero, an international comparison: Improvements in traffic fatality from 1990 to 2010 for different age groups in the USA and 15 of its peers

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 61-70

  Ahangari, Hamed ^a   Atkinson Palombo, Carol ^a   Garrick, Norman W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Age cohort road safety analysis; International comparative studies; Panel data analysis; Road Safety Improvements; Zero Death Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971576949     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2016.03.006     Document Type: Article

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