Modelling motorcyclist injury severity by various crash types at T-junctions in the UK

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1234-1247

  Pai, Chih Wei ^a   Saleh, Wafaa ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crash type; Motorcyclist injury severity at T junction; The ordered logit model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VEHICLES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

CRASH PREDICTION; CRASH TYPE; FUTURE RESEARCH; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INJURY SEVERITY; MODEL ESTIMATIONS; MOTORCYCLIST INJURY SEVERITY AT T-JUNCTION; ORDERED LOGIT MODELS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; STATISTICAL MODELLING; T-JUNCTIONS; THE ORDERED LOGIT MODEL;

HEALTH;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DRIVER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORCYCLE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

EID: 49349107517     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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