Predicting vehicle occupancies from accident data: An accident severity approach

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1635, 1998, Pages 93-104

  Chang, Li Yen ^a   Mannering, Fred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT SEVERITY; VEHICLE OCCUPANCY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0032158219     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1635-13     Document Type: Article

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