Freeway accident likelihood prediction using a panel data analysis approach

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-156

  Qi, Yi ^a   Smith, Brian L ^b   Guo, Jianhua ^b  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Traffic accidents; Transportation models; Transportation safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

FREEWAY ACCIDENT; TRANSPORTATION MODELS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA SET; PANEL DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 33847206435     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2007)133:3(149)     Document Type: Article

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