Risk factors associated with bus accident severity in the United States: A generalized ordered logit model

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-180

  Kaplan, Sigal ^a   Prato, Carlo Giacomo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accident severity; Bus accidents; Bus safety operations; Generalized ordered logit model; Injury severity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT SEVERITY; INJURY SEVERITY; ORDERED LOGIT MODEL; RISK FACTORS; RISKY DRIVING; SAFETY OPERATIONS; SPEED LIMIT;

BUS DRIVERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866177438     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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