Identifying crash contributory factors at urban roundabouts and using association rules to explore their relationships to different crash types

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1451-1463

  Montella, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Association rules; Crash characteristics; Crash contributory factors; Crash investigation; Crash types; Data mining; Roundabouts

Indexed keywords

CRASH CHARACTERISTICS; CRASH CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS; CRASH INVESTIGATION; CRASH TYPES; ROUNDABOUTS;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ASSOCIATION RULES; DATA MINING; GEOMETRY; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

DESIGN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSALITY; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ITALY; LOCATION DIRECTORIES AND SIGNS; MOTOR VEHICLES;

EID: 79955577324     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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