Impact of traffic oscillations on freeway crash occurrences

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 626-636

  Zheng, Zuduo ^a   Ahn, Soyoung ^a   Monsere, Christopher M ^b  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional logistic regression; Crash; Matched case control design; Stop and go driving; Traffic oscillations

Indexed keywords

CASE-CONTROL; CONGESTED TRAFFIC; CRASH DATA; FREEWAY CRASHES; FREEWAY TRAFFIC; HIGH RESOLUTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; ODDS RATIOS; SPEED VARIATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STOP-AND-GO; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC STATE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 76049098052     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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