Aggregation of driver celeration behavior data: Effects on stability and accident prediction

Safety Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 487-500

  af Wahlberg A E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Bus driver; Celeration; Crash; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

BUS DRIVERS; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

DANGEROUS DRIVER IDENTIFICATION; DRIVER CELERATION; TRAFFIC DENSITY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 33846799336     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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