Logistic regression model of risk of fatality in vehicle-pedestrian crashes on national highways in Bangladesh

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2264, 2011, Pages 128-137

  Sarkar, Sudipta ^a   Tay, Richard ^b   Hunt, John Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT RESEARCH; BANGLADESH; BINARY LOGISTIC MODEL; CRASH DATA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; PEDESTRIAN COLLISIONS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; RISK FACTORS;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EID: 84857870590     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2264-15     Document Type: Article

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