Back to the future: What do accident causation models tell us about accident prediction?

Safety Science

Volumn 104, Issue , 2018, Pages 99-109

  Grant, Eryn ^a   Salmon, Paul M ^a   Stevens, Nicholas J ^a   Goode, Natassia ^a   Read, Gemma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accident causation; Accident prediction; Drift and FRAM; Normal Accident Theory; Risk management framework; STAMP

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STAMPING; SYSTEM THEORY; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; ACCIDENT CAUSATION; ACCIDENT CAUSATION MODEL; ACCIDENT PREDICTION; NORMAL ACCIDENT THEORY; RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS; SYSTEMS THINKING;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EXPERT SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY;

EID: 85043791277     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2017.12.018     Document Type: Review

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