Examination of factors affecting driver injury severity in michigan's single-vehicle-deer crashes

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2078, 2008, Pages 17-25

  Savolainen, Peter ^a   Ghosh, Indrajit ^a  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE AIR BAGS;

CRASH SEVERITY; DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INJURY SEVERITY; LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; MICHIGAN; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY; VEHICLE CRASHES; YOUNG DRIVER;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 61349203887     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2078-03     Document Type: Article

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