A comprehensive analysis of factors influencing the injury severity of large-truck crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-57

  Zhu, Xiaoyu ^a   Srinivasan, Sivaramakrishnan ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity measures; Large truck crash; LTCCS; Ordered probit model

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVER; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CRASH SEVERITY; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; DRIVER DISTRACTIONS; EMOTIONAL FACTORS; ESTIMATED MODEL; INJURY SEVERITY; LARGE-TRUCK CRASH; LTCCS; MARGINAL EFFECTS; MISSING DATA; PROBIT MODELS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SAFETY CONCERNS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELL BEING;

AUTOMOBILES; PASSENGER CARS; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

TRUCKS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ATTENTION; CAR; CLASSIFICATION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILES; CAUSALITY; EMOTIONS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649943153     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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