A crash-prediction model for multilane roads

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 657-670

  Caliendo, Ciro ^a   Guida, Maurizio ^a   Parisi, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crash prediction model; Multilane road; Negative Multinomial distribution; Pavement friction; Road geometry; Traffic flow; Weather

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

CRASH PREDICTION MODEL; MULTILANE ROAD; NEGATIVE MULTINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; PAVEMENT FRICTION; ROAD GEOMETRY; TRAFFIC FLOW;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CAR DRIVING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER;

EID: 34247528265     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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