Freeway management systems and motor vehicle crashes: A case study of Phoenix, Arizona

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 433-447

  Olmstead, Todd ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects negative binomial regression; Freeway management system; Safety impacts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INJURY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ARIZONA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035384909     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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