A new method for assessing the risk of accident associated with darkness

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-815

  Johansson, Östen ^a   Wanvik, Per Ole ^b   Elvik, Rune ^c  

^a Swedish National Roads Administration   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accident risk; Confounding factors; Darkness; Odds ratio estimate

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DATA; ACCIDENT RISK; CONFOUNDING FACTORS; DARKNESS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO ESTIMATE; ODDS RATIOS; RISK OF ACCIDENTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS;

LIGHTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL AREAS;

ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67449107135     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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