Examining traffic crash injury severity at unsignalized intersections

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 347-357

  Haleem, Kirolos ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Legged unsignalized intersection; 4 Legged unsignalized intersection; Binary probit; Crash severity; Injury severity; Nested logit; Ordered probit

Indexed keywords

BINARY PROBIT; CRASH SEVERITY; INJURY SEVERITY; NESTED LOGIT; ORDERED PROBIT; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956651478     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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