Investigation on the role of traffic volume in accidents on urban highways

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-214

  Ayati, Esmaeel ^a   Abbasi, Ehsan ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Light non passenger car vehicles; More severe accidents; Negative binomial (NB) regression model; No injury accidents; Urban highways

Indexed keywords

CAUSES OF DEATH; ECONOMIC LOSS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; GENERAL PUBLICS; HEAVY VEHICLE; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; PROPERTY DAMAGE; PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY; PUBLIC AGENCIES; REGRESSION MODEL; ROADWAY SAFETY; SEVERE ACCIDENT; STATISTICAL MODELING; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; URBAN HIGHWAYS;

AUTOMOBILES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LOSSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CITY; IRAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CITIES; IRAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 80051884436     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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