A qualitative assessment methodology for road safety policy strategies

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-293

  Wong, S C ^a   Leung, B S Y ^a   Loo, Becky P Y ^a   Hung, W T ^b   Lo, Hong K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Autoregression analysis; Cluster analysis; Qualitative assessment; Road safety strategy; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INJURY; MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0344465921     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00006-X     Document Type: Article

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