Safety analyses at signalized intersections: Research strategies, modeling techniques, and significant factors

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of Chinese Transportation Professionals Congress 2007: Plan, Build, and Manage Transportation Infrastructures in China

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 389-400

  Wang, Xuesong ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Chen, Xiaohong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Rear end crashes; Safety modeling; Signalized intersection; Significant factors; Spatial correlation; Total crashes

Indexed keywords

CORRELATED DATA; CRASH FREQUENCY; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; MODELING TECHNIQUE; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; REAR-END CRASHES; RESEARCH STRATEGY; ROADWAY NETWORKS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; SERIES MODEL; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS;

LAND USE; SECURITY SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 76749168954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40952(317)39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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