Model crash frequency at highway-railroad grade crossings using negative binomial regression

Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, Transactions of the Chinese Institute of Engineers,Series A

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 841-852

  Hu, Shou Ren ^a   Li, Chin Shang ^b   Lee, Chi Kang ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crash frequency; Highway railroad grade crossing; Marginal effect; Negative binomial regression

Indexed keywords

RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROADS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CRASH FREQUENCY; GRADE CROSSING; MARGINAL EFFECTS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION MODEL; TRAFFIC COLLISIONS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84872341662     PISSN: 02533839     EISSN: 21587299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02533839.2012.708527     Document Type: Article

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