Modelling the effects of land use and temporal factors on child pedestrian casualties

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1016-1024

  Dissanayake, Dilum ^a   Aryaija, James ^b   Wedagama, D M Priyantha ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

^c UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Child pedestrian casualties; Generalized linear models; Land use type; Road safety

Indexed keywords

CHILD PEDESTRIAN CASUALTIES; CHILD PEDESTRIANS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS; GREAT BRITAIN; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE TYPE; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOW DENSITY; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD SAFETY AUDITS; ROAD SAFETY POLICIES; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME PERIODS;

LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITY PLANNING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEDIATRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 68049135712     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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