Severity models of cross-median and rollover crashes on rural divided highways in Pennsylvania

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Hu, Wen ^a,b   Donnell, Eric T ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Binary logit model; Cross median crash severity; Median rollover crash severity; Multinomial logit model; Rural divided highways

Indexed keywords

BINARY LOGIT MODEL; CRASH FREQUENCY; CRASH OUTCOMES; CRASH SEVERITY; CRASH TYPE; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN DATA; DESIGN GUIDANCE; ESTIMATED MODEL; HORIZONTAL CURVES; INVENTORY DATA; MODELING RESULTS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; PENNSYLVANIA; SEAT BELT; SEVERITY MODEL;

AVAILABILITY; DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; RURAL HEALTH; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 81355160264     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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