Effect of bus size and operation to crash occurrences

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2063-2067

  Chimba, Deo ^a   Sando, Thobias ^b   Kwigizile, Valerian ^c  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus crashes; Bus size; Bus stop frequencies; Multinomial logit; Negative binomial

Indexed keywords

BINS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PROBABILITY; SHOULDERS (ROAD);

BUS STOP; HIGH PROBABILITY; INJURY SEVERITY; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; OPERATION SERVICES; OPERATIONAL FACTORS;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSALITY; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROBABILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049363071     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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