Impact of traffic congestion on road accidents: A spatial analysis of the M25 motorway in England

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 798-808

  Wang, Chao ^a   Quddus, Mohammed A ^a   Ison, Stephen G ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GIS; M25 motorway; Road accidents; Spatial modeling; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL AUTOREGRESSIVE; ENGLAND; EXTERNAL COSTS; GIS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LOG-NORMAL; LONDON ORBITALS; M25 MOTORWAY; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; ROAD ACCIDENTS; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL MODELING; TRANSPORT POLICY;

ACCIDENTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 67349093808     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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