Driver injury severity resulting from single-vehicle crashes along horizontal curves on rural two-lane highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2102, 2009, Pages 85-92

  Schneider, William H ^a   Savolainen, Peter T ^b   Zimmerman, Karl ^c  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b Wayne State University   (United States)

^c VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RURAL ROADS; VEHICLES;

DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; HORIZONTAL CURVES; INJURY SEVERITY; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TESTS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY MODEL; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS; VEHICLE CRASHES;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 76249117606     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2102-11     Document Type: Article

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