Validating crash locations for quantitative spatial analysis: A GIS-based approach

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 879-886

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Database; Geographic information system (GIS); Police collected crash information; Spatial analysis; Spatial data validation; Spatial variables

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CRASH DATABASE; POLICE-COLLECTED CRASH INFORMATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA VALIDATION;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HONG KONG; HUMANS;

EID: 33745746960     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.02.012     Document Type: Article

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