Modeling the probability of freeway rear-end crash occurrence

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Kim, Joon Ki ^a   Wang, Yinhai ^b   Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Data analysis; Driver behavior; Highway safety; Risk management; Washington

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DRIVER BEHAVIOR; HIGHWAY SAFETY; REAR-END CRASH RISK;

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

ACCIDENT; MODELING; MOTORWAY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33845650681     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2007)133:1(11)     Document Type: Article

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