An investigation on multi-vehicle motorcycle crashes using log-linear models

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 352-362

  Haque, Md Mazharul ^a   Chin, Hoong Chor ^a   Debnath, Ashim Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Crash risks; Interactions; Log linear model; Motorcycle safety; Night time conspicuity

Indexed keywords

ASIAN COUNTRIES; CATEGORICAL DATA; CONSPICUITY; CONTROL MEASURES; CRASH RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INDUCED EXPOSURE; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MULTI-VEHICLES; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY AWARENESS; SINGAPORE; WET ROAD;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTORCYCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 82455162541     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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