Multilevel modelling for the regional effect of enforcement on road accidents

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 818-825

  Yannis, George ^a   Papadimitriou, Eleonora ^a   Antoniou, Constantinos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol enforcement; Cluster analysis; Multilevel analysis; Negative binomial models; Road accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AD HOC NETWORKS; ALCOHOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GREECE; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

ALCOHOL ENFORCEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL CLUSTERING; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; GREECE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GREECE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLICE;

EID: 34247476647     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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