The association of rainfall and other weather variables with road traffic volume in Melbourne, Australia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-124

  Keay, Kevin ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rainfall; Road accidents; Road traffic; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HOSPITALS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

ROAD TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC VOLUME; WEATHER VARIABLES;

RAIN;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; DARKNESS; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DARKNESS; HUMANS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VICTORIA; WEATHER;

EID: 10444248762     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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