Motorcycle accident prediction model for junctions on urban roads in Malaysia

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 8, 2006, Pages 31-40

  Harnen, S ^a   Radin Umar, R S ^a   Wong, S V ^a   Wan Hashim, W I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cross sectional analysis; Generalized linear models; Junction accidents; Junction treatment; Motorcycle accident model; Motorcycle accidents

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL APPROACH; JUNCTION TREATMENT; MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT; NUMBER OF LANES; PREDICTION MODEL; TRAFFIC ENGINEER;

ACCIDENTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 77954346552     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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