Crash prediction models for rural motorways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2083, 2008, Pages 180-189

  Montella, Alfonso ^a   Colantuoni, Lucio ^a   Lamberti, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CRASH PREDICTION; DESIGN CONSISTENCY; ERROR STRUCTURES; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GOODNESS-OF-FIT MEASURE; INJURY CRASHES; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION MODELLING; TOTAL CRASHES;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 63849177693     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2083-21     Document Type: Article

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