Injury severities of truck drivers in single- and multi-vehicle accidents on rural highways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1677-1688

  Chen, Feng ^a   Chen, Suren ^a  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Mixed logit model; Rural highway; Trucks

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT CHARACTERISTICS; ACCIDENT DATA; COMPLEX INTERACTION; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DRIVING CONDITIONS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; INJURY PREVENTION; INJURY SEVERITY; LIGHT TRAFFIC; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; MULTI-VEHICLES; RANDOM PARAMETERS; RISK FACTORS; ROAD SURFACES; RURAL HIGHWAY; RURAL HIGHWAYS;

AUTOMOBILES; HEALTH RISKS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RURAL ROADS; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

TRUCKS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958207517     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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