A new, non-canonical Poisson regression model for the prediction of crashes on low-volume rural roads

IATSS Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-103

  Polus, Abishai ^a   Cohen, Moshe ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crash prediction; Poisson regression; Rural crashes; Traffic safety; Two lane highways

Indexed keywords

CRASH PREDICTION; FATAL CRASHES; LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; POISSON MODEL; POISSON REGRESSION; POISSON REGRESSION MODELS; RURAL HIGHWAYS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TWO-LANE; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS;

FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL ROADS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84859962986     PISSN: 03861112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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