A combined frequency-severity approach for the analysis of rear-end crashes on urban arterials

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 1156-1163

  Das, Abhishek ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed A ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial safety; Crash frequency; Genetic Programming; Injury severity; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL SAFETY; AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFICS; CRASH BARRIER; CRASH FREQUENCY; CROSSOVER AND MUTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; FUNCTION FITTING; GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS; HEURISTIC APPROACH; HIT RATE; INJURY SEVERITY; INPUT VARIABLES; MODELING OBJECTIVES; ON-STREET PARKING; REAR-END CRASHES; REDUCED FREQUENCY; SEVERITY OF INJURIES; STATISTICAL MODELS;

BIOLOGY; FRICTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; HEURISTIC METHODS; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAR END CRASH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 79958079384     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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