Analysis of driver injury severity in truck-involved accidents using a non-parametric classification tree model

Safety Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-22

  Chang, Li Yen ^a   Chien, Jui Tseng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Classification and Regression Trees (CARTs); Injury severity; Safety; Truck accident

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT DATA; ACCIDENT LOCATION; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; DRIVER INJURY; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOMETRIC VARIABLES; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INJURY SEVERITY; KEY DETERMINANTS; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; NONPARAMETRIC CLASSIFICATION; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; PARAMETRIC MODELS; PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; PROBABILISTIC REGRESSION; SEAT BELT; TRUCK ACCIDENTS; VEHICLE TYPES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

TRUCKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84865437277     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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