A multinomial logit model of pedestrian-vehicle crash severity

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-249

  Tay, Richard ^a   Choi, Jaisung ^c   Kattan, Lina ^b   Khan, Amjad ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c University of Seoul   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crash severity; Multinomial logit analysis; Pedestrian safety; Road safety; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CRASH SEVERITY; HEAVY VEHICLE; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT ANALYSIS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; ROAD LINKS; ROAD SAFETY; SOUTH KOREA; VEHICLE CRASHES; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

COLLISION; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDESTRIAN; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 79952719617     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2010.497547     Document Type: Article

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