Canadian wildlife-vehicle collisions: An examination of knowledge and behavior for collision prevention

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 68, Issue , 2019, Pages 181-186

  Vanlaar, Ward G M ^a   Barrett, Hannah ^a   Hing, Marisela Mainegra ^a   Brown, Steve W ^a   Robertson, Robyn D ^a  

^a Traffic Injury Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collision prevention; Theory of planned behavior; Trends; Wildlife; Wildlife vehicle collisions

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

COLLISION PREVENTION; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR; TRENDS; VEHICLE COLLISIONS; WILDLIFE;

PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SAFETY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANADA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREVALENCE; RECORDS; SAFETY; SEASONS;

EID: 85060223345     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2018.12.003     Document Type: Article

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