Explorative spatial analysis of traffic accident statistics and road mortality among the provinces of Turkey

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 341-351

  Erdogan, Saffet ^a  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accident rates; Geographically weighted regression; GIS; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RATE; ACCIDENT STATISTIC; ANNUAL RATES; BACKGROUND NOISE; DEATH RATES; EMPIRICAL BAYES; FATAL ACCIDENTS; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH RATE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; ISTANBUL; LOCAL PATTERNS; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK INDICATORS; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS;

CORRELATION DETECTORS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MOTORS; PASSENGER CARS; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VEHICLES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BAYES THEOREM; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BAYES THEOREM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 70449732118     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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