Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Leonard Evans. motorization increases , the number of deaths per capita ( and also the total num- ber ) may increase if the fatality rates decline at a lower rate than the increase of the number of vehicles . As motorization increases ...
Leonard Evans. motorization increases , the number of deaths per capita ( and also the total num- ber ) may increase if the fatality rates decline at a lower rate than the increase of the number of vehicles . As motorization increases ...
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... increase with increasing age [ Baker , O'Neill , and Karph 1984 ; Verbrugge 1982 ; Waller 1985 ] , the effect was not quantified . By using the method described below to make appropriate inferences from the FARS data , Evans [ 1988a ] ...
... increase with increasing age [ Baker , O'Neill , and Karph 1984 ; Verbrugge 1982 ; Waller 1985 ] , the effect was not quantified . By using the method described below to make appropriate inferences from the FARS data , Evans [ 1988a ] ...
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... increase as we move further from the reference age . Applying this process to the data for each of the individual subject - occupant categories generates the 10 plots shown in Fig . 2-3 ; the two plots more than in Fig . 2-1 are ...
... increase as we move further from the reference age . Applying this process to the data for each of the individual subject - occupant categories generates the 10 plots shown in Fig . 2-3 ; the two plots more than in Fig . 2-1 are ...
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... increase with age for males over about age 65 . Figure 2-7 shows driver fatalities per licensed driver , as given by the Federal Highway Administration [ 1983 ] . The data plotted are for 1983 to ensure com- patibility with the ...
... increase with age for males over about age 65 . Figure 2-7 shows driver fatalities per licensed driver , as given by the Federal Highway Administration [ 1983 ] . The data plotted are for 1983 to ensure com- patibility with the ...
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... Increases of various crash measures with age like those in Figs 2-7 and 2-8 have contributed to concerns regarding ... increase with age . Involvement rates in fatal crashes do not Driver fatalities per billion km of travel 200 100 20 ...
... Increases of various crash measures with age like those in Figs 2-7 and 2-8 have contributed to concerns regarding ... increase with age . Involvement rates in fatal crashes do not Driver fatalities per billion km of travel 200 100 20 ...
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