Effects of environment, vehicle and driver characteristics on risky driving behavior at work zones

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1034-1042

  Weng, Jinxian ^a   Meng, Qiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Driver; Risky driving behavior; Work zone

Indexed keywords

AIRBAG SYSTEMS; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; DRIVER; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; HIGHWAY WORK ZONES; INFLUENCING FACTOR; LIGHT CONDITIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MICHIGAN; MODEL PREDICTION; NUMBER OF LANES; OLD VEHICLES; RISKY BEHAVIORS; RISKY DRIVING; SERVICE TIME; SPEED LIMIT; TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WORK ZONES;

ACCESS CONTROL; DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VEHICLES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; DEVICES; DRIVING ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; LIGHT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL; VELOCITY; WEATHER; WORK ZONE;

ALGORITHMS; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DRIVING; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856495826     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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