Severity of urban transit bus crashes in Bangladesh

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-41

  Barua, Upal ^a   Tay, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Crash severity; Ordered probit model; Transit bus

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; CRASH DATA; CRASH SEVERITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MODE OF TRANSPORT; OFF-PEAK PERIODS; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; ROAD USERS; SAFETY CONCERNS; TRANSIT BUS; URBAN TRANSIT;

BUS TRANSPORTATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS;

BUSES;

EID: 77951050557     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: 20423195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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