Modeling traffic accident occurrence and involvement

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 633-642

  Abdel Aty, Mohamed A ^a   Radwan, A Essam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident involvement; Accident occurrence; Driver characteristics; Negative binomial models; Roadway geometric characteristics; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

EID: 0034277116     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00094-9     Document Type: Article

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