Evaluation of rear-end crash risk at work zone using work zone traffic data

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1291-1300

  Meng, Qiang ^a   Weng, Jinxian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Rear end crash; Risk; Stepwise regression; Work zone

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CRASH RISK; DECELERATION RATE; HEAVY VEHICLE; MERGING BEHAVIOR; MODEL RESULTS; REAR-END ACCIDENTS; REAR-END CRASHES; RISK REDUCTIONS; SINGAPORE; STEPWISE REGRESSION; TRAFFIC DATA; TRAFFIC FLOW RATES; WORK ZONE; WORK ZONES;

ACCIDENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

MERGING;

ARTICLE; DECELERATION; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIDEORECORDING; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DECELERATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; VIDEO RECORDING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955641561     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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