Exploring motorcyclist injury severity in approach-turn collisions at T-junctions: Focusing on the effects of driver's failure to yield and junction control measures

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 479-486

  Pai, Chih Wei ^a   Saleh, Wafaa ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approach turn collision; Driver's failure to yield; Junction control measure; Motorcyclist injury severity; T junction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

APPROACH-TURN COLLISION; JUNCTION CONTROL; MOTORCYCLIST INJURY SEVERITY; T-JUNCTION;

ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MOTORCYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTORCYCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 40349111012     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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