Effect of street pattern on the severity of crashes involving vulnerable road users

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 276-283

  Rifaat, Shakil Mohammad ^a   Tay, Richard ^b   De Barros, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collision severity; Cyclists; Pedestrians; Street pattern

Indexed keywords

CALGARY; COLLISION SEVERITY; CRASH CHARACTERISTICS; CRASH DATA; CRASH SEVERITY; CYCLISTS; ECONOMIC BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INJURY RISK; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; PEDESTRIANS; ROAD CRASH; ROAD USERS; STREET PATTERN;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; BICYCLING; CAUSALITY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650019481     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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