Mapping patterns of pedestrian fatal accidents in Israel

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-62

  Prato, Carlo Giacomo ^a   Gitelman, Victoria ^b   Bekhor, Shlomo ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accident patterns; Cluster analysis; Kohonen networks; Pedestrian fatalities

Indexed keywords

FATAL ACCIDENTS; KOHONEN NETWORK; KOHONEN NEURAL NETWORKS; MAPPING PATTERN; METROPOLITAN AREA; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; ROAD SECTION; ROAD USERS; RURAL COMMUNITY; TWO-WHEEL VEHICLES; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN ROAD;

ACCIDENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; WHEELS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 80755163544     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.12.022     Document Type: Article

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