Accident proneness, does it exist? A review and meta-analysis.
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It is concluded that no overall prevalence rate of accident proneness could be given due to the large variety in operationalisations of the concept, and the observed number of individuals with repeated accidents was higher than the number expected by chance.About:
This article is published in Accident Analysis & Prevention.The article was published on 2007-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 118 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Accident-proneness & Population.read more
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