A re-parameterisation of the Power Model of the relationship between the speed of traffic and the number of accidents and accident victims

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 854-860

  Elvik, Rune ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exponential function; Mathematical models; Power Model; Speed of traffic; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

DATA POINTS; INITIAL SPEED; POWER MODEL; REANALYSIS; ROAD SAFETY; SPEED CHANGE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SAFETY;

EID: 84870298765     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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