Logistic regression analysis of pedestrian casualty risk in passenger vehicle collisions in China

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 987-993

  Kong, Chunyu ^a   Yang, Jikuang ^a,b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Impact speed; Injury severity; Logistic regression model; Pedestrian traffic accident; Vehicle travel speed

Indexed keywords

IMPACT SPEED; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC; PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL SPEED;

AUTOMOBILES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PASSENGER CARS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEED; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VEHICLES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAUSALITY; CHINA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955310733     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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