Differences in rural and urban driver-injury severities in accidents involving large-trucks: An exploratory analysis

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 910-921

  Khorashadi, Ahmad ^a   Niemeier, Debbie ^b   Shankar, Venky ^c   Mannering, Fred ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

^b Davis   (United States)

^c The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Multinomial logit; Truck accidents; Urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

GROUND VEHICLES; HEALTH RISKS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PROBABILITY; RURAL AREAS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

INJURY SEVERITY; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; TRUCK ACCIDENTS; URBAN/RURAL DIFFERENCES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 23844528542     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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