Accidents on Belgium's motorways: A network autocorrelation analysis

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-31

  Black, William R ^a   Thomas, Isabelle ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Autocorrelation; Networks

Indexed keywords

MOTORWAY NETWORK; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ROAD ACCIDENT; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION; TRANSPORT NETWORK;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0031813561     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0966-6923(97)00037-9     Document Type: Article

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