Analysis of driver casualty risk for different work zone types

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1811-1817

  Weng, Jinxian ^a   Meng, Qiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Casualty Risk; Driver; Logistic Regression; Work zone

Indexed keywords

CASUALTY RISKS; CONSTRUCTION WORKS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DRIVER; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; RISK FACTORS; T-TESTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; UNIQUE FEATURES; VEHICLE AGE; WORK ZONES;

MAINTENANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958242995     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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