Designing a composite indicator for road safety

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1212-1224

  Gitelman, Victoria ^a   Doveh, Etti ^a   Hakkert, Shalom ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Composite indicator; Performance; Road safety; Statistical weighting

Indexed keywords

COMMON FACTORS; COMPLEX NATURE; COMPOSITE INDICATORS; CORE SET; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; FATALITY RATES; FOUR-GROUP; IMPAIRED DRIVING; POPULATION DENSITIES; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY INDICATOR; SEAT BELT; STATISTICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL WEIGHTING; TRAFFIC INJURIES; VEHICLE FLEETS; WEARING RATE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRASHWORTHINESS; FLEET OPERATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR VEHICLE; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 77955086108     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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