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PMID: 16533493 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper suggests that the influence of a number of important risk factors on road accidents can be described in terms of a few highly general statistical regularities that determine the shape of the relationship between the risk factors and accident occurrence. The statistical regularities are referred to as "laws of accident causation". The following "laws" are proposed: Instances of all these laws, as well as a discussion of to how the laws can be tested empirically, are given. It is hoped that proposing a few basic mechanisms that can summarise the impact of a number of risk factors will stimulate research that may lead to a more general theory of accident causation. |
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Authors:
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Rune Elvik |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2006-03-14 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Accident; analysis and prevention Volume: 38 ISSN: 0001-4575 ISO Abbreviation: Accid Anal Prev Publication Date: 2006 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-05-15 Completed Date: 2006-11-01 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254476 Medline TA: Accid Anal Prev Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 742-7 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Institute of Transport Economics, P.O. Box 6110, Etterstad, N-0602 Oslo, Norway. re@toi.no |
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Accidents, Traffic
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statistics & numerical data* Age Factors Automobile Driving / statistics & numerical data* Cognition Humans Risk Factors Task Performance and Analysis Weather |
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