Analytic choices in road safety evaluation: Exploring second-best approaches

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 173-179

  Elvik, Rune ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Empirical Bayes approach; Evaluation study; Methodological study; Road safety; Second best approach

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL BAYES APPROACH; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGICAL STUDY; ROAD SAFETY; SECOND BEST APPROACH;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CITY PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NORWAY; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NORWAY; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855722509     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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