Visual assessment of pedestrian crashes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 301-306

  Griswold, Julia ^a   Fishbain, Barak ^b   Washington, Simon ^c   Ragland, David R ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Graphical methods; Lighting; Pedestrians; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEMS; GRAPHICAL METHODS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN EXPOSURE; PEDESTRIANS; POLICY MAKERS; SEASONAL CHANGES; STATISTICAL TOOLS; TIME OF DAY; TIME-PERIODS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS;

CRASHWORTHINESS; GRAPHIC METHODS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LIGHTING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DARKNESS; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CALIFORNIA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DARKNESS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649982620     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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