Investigation of models for relating roundabout safety to predicted speed

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-203

  Chen, Yongsheng ^a   Persaud, Bhagwant ^a   Sacchi, Emanuele ^b   Bassani, Marco ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Effect selection; Predicted speed; Roundabout; Safety performance function; Zero inflated Poisson model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN MODEL; EFFECT SELECTION; POISSON MODEL; ROUNDABOUT; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; ITALY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870300224     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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