Journal article
Effects of new urban motorway infrastructure on road traffic accidents in the local area: a retrospective longitudinal study in Scotland
- Abstract:
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The M74 motorway extension, Glasgow, opened in June 2011. One justification for construction was an expectation that it would reduce road traffic accidents (RTAs) on local non-motorway roads. This study evaluated the impact of the extension on the number of RTAs, stratifying by accident severity.Data for the period 1997-2014 were extracted from a UK database of reported RTAs involving a personal injury. RTA severity was defined by the level of injury: minor, severe or fatal. RTAs were assigne...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Institute for Health Research
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Grant:
Public Health Research programme
(project number 11/3005/07
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Journal website
- Volume:
- 70
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 1088-1095
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-04-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1470-2738
- ISSN:
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0143-005X
- Pmid:
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27279082
- Source identifiers:
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628071
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:628071
- UUID:
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uuid:628d39bd-0c45-4a3c-a6d1-40cfd3fd8b54
- Local pid:
- pubs:628071
- Deposit date:
- 2016-10-17
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- Copyright holder:
- Olsen et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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