Examining accident reports involving autonomous vehicles in California

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Favarò, Francesca M ^a   Nader, Nazanin ^a   Eurich, Sky O ^a   Tripp, Michelle ^a   Varadaraju, Naresh ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA; HUMAN; AUTOMATION; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMATION; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SAFETY;

EID: 85031688644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184952     Document Type: Article

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