Temporal modeling of highway crash counts for senior and non-senior drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 1003-1013

  Hu, Shan ^a   Ivan, John N ^a   Ravishanker, Nalini ^a   Mooradian, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic generalized linear models; Induced exposure; Injury severity; Integrated Nested Laplace Approximations; Senior safety; Temporal modeling

Indexed keywords

GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; INDUCED EXPOSURE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPLACE APPROXIMATION; TEMPORAL MODELING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BAYES THEOREM; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870296914     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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