Trends and characteristics of animal-vehicle collisions in the United States

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Sullivan, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal vehicle collisions visibility; Collision avoidance; Crash analysis; Lighting; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; AMBIENT LIGHT; CRASH ANALYSIS; CRASH DATA; CRASH RISK; DATA SETS; DEER POPULATION; DIURNAL PATTERN; FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IMPROVE-A; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MICHIGAN; PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; RELATIVE RISKS; SEASONAL TRENDS; SPEED LIMIT; STATE DISTRIBUTIONS; VEHICLE COLLISIONS; VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED;

ANIMALS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIGHTING; SPEED; VEHICLES; VISIBILITY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DARKNESS; DEER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIGHT; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMALS; AUTOMOBILES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DARKNESS; DEER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LIGHT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICHIGAN; RISK; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 79952538400     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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