Analysis and prediction of traffic fatalities resulting from angle collisions including the effect of vehicles' configuration and compatibility

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-469

  Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Abdelwahab, Hassan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle collisions; Collision; Configuration; Light truck vehicle; Time series analysis; Traffic composition; Traffic fatalities

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SAFETY DEVICES; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLEET OPERATIONS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRUCKS;

ANGLE COLLISIONS; COLLISION; CONFIGURATION; LIGHT TRUCK VEHICLES; TRAFFIC COMPOSITION; TRAFFIC FATALITIES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CAR; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR BAGS; AUTOMOBILES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442286228     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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