The effect of road and environmental characteristics on pedestrian hit-and-run accidents in Ghana

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-27

  Aidoo, Eric Nimako ^a   Amoh Gyimah, Richard ^a   Ackaah, Williams ^a  

^a CSIR Building Road Research Institute   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Hit and run; Logistic regression; Pedestrian; Road accident

Indexed keywords

BINARY LOGIT MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ESTIMATED MODEL; FATAL ACCIDENTS; GHANA; HIT-AND-RUN; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NATIONAL ROADS; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; ROAD DESIGN; ROAD SECTION; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; SPEED HUMPS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LOGISTICS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GHANA; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GHANA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84873809562     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.021     Document Type: Article

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