Multiple-vehicle traffic accidents in Hong Kong

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1157-1161

  Yau, Kelvin K W ^a   Lo, H P ^a   Fung, Sherrice H H ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Census and Statistics Department   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Logistic regression; Multiple vehicle traffic accident; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; URBAN PLANNING;

INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MULTIPLE-VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; RISK FACTORS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33749051448     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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