Crash severity modeling in urban highways using backward regression method

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2009, Pages 223-228

  Rezaie Moghaddam, F ^a   Rezaie Moghaddam, T ^b   Pasbani Khiavi, M ^a   Ali Ghorbani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Backward regression; Crash severity; Speed; Urban highways

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD REGRESSION; BINARY LOGIT MODEL; CRASH SEVERITY; DRIVER AGE; FLOW SPEED; FRONTAL IMPACTS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INTERSECTION SAFETY; MULTI-VEHICLES; REVERSE GEARS; TRAFFIC FEATURES; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; URBAN HIGHWAYS; VEHICLE COLLISIONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEED;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 78651575329     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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