Motorcyclist injury severity in angle crashes at T-junctions: Identifying significant factors and analysing what made motorists fail to yield to motorcycles

Safety Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1097-1106

  Pai, Chih Wei ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angle crash at T junction; Motorcyclist injury severity; Right of way violation

Indexed keywords

ANGLE CRASH AT T-JUNCTION; BINARY LOGISTIC MODEL; CAR ACCIDENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GAP ACCEPTANCE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAIN ROADS; MOTORCYCLIST INJURY SEVERITY; RIGHT-OF-WAY VIOLATION; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; T JUNCTIONS;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BICYCLES; ROADS AND STREETS;

MOTORCYCLES;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 67349116064     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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