Modeling motor vehicle crashes for street racers using zero-inflated models

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 835-839

  Li, Zhuo ^a   Knight, Stacey ^a,b   Cook, Lawrence J ^a,b   Hyde, Lisa K ^a,b   Holubkov, Richard ^a   Olson, Lenora M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Citation; Crash risk; Motor vehicle crash; Street racing; Zero inflated model

Indexed keywords

GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH; STREET RACING; ZERO INFLATED MODELS;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTAH;

EID: 40149086056     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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