Fatal and serious injuries related to vulnerable road users in Canada

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-77

  Vanlaar, Ward ^a   Mainegra Hing, Marisela ^a   Brown, Steve ^a   McAteer, Heather ^a   Crain, Jennifer ^b   McFaull, Steven ^b  

^a Traffic Injury Research Foundation   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bicyclists; Drugs; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTORCYCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; BICYCLISTS; DRUGS; MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES; MOTORCYCLISTS; PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES; PEDESTRIANS; PUBLIC-HEALTH AGENCIES;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; CYCLING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; NEWBORN; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BICYCLING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; PEDESTRIANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979680244     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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