Analysis of road crash frequency with spatial models

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2061, 2008, Pages 55-63

  Aguero Valverde, Jonathan ^a   Jovanis, Paul P ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFICS; CONDITIONAL AUTOREGRESSIVE; CRASH FREQUENCY; HIERARCHICAL APPROACH; INVENTORY DATA; ROAD CRASH; ROAD NETWORK; ROAD SAFETY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL MODELLING;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 56749177617     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2061-07     Document Type: Article

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