Analysis of the Frequency and Severity of Rear-End Crashes in Work Zones

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-72

  Qi, Y ^a   Srinivasan, Raghavan ^b   Teng, Hualiang ^c   Baker, Robert ^d  

^a TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of Nevada Las Vegas   (United States)

^d CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

crash; safety; work zone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84871894910     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.675109     Document Type: Article

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