Accident prediction models for roads with minor junctions

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 695-707

  Mountain, Linda ^a   Fawaz, Bachir ^a   Jarrett, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Highway safety; Junctions; Prediction models; Road accidents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030280170     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(96)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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