A comparative analysis of hotspot identification methods

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 571-581

  Montella, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crash prediction models; Empirical Bayes method; Engineering countermeasures; Hotspots; Quantitative evaluation criteria; Ranking criteria

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; CONSISTENCY TESTS; CRASH DATA; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRASH PREDICTION; CRASH RATE; EMPIRICAL BAYES; EMPIRICAL BAYES METHOD; HIGHWAY SAFETY; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RANK DIFFERENCES; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH RESULTS; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SAFETY PERFORMANCE; SCORE TEST; TEST RESULTS; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; TIME PERIODS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; RESEARCH; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TESTING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 76049097754     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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