The joint analysis of injury severity of drivers in two-vehicle crashes accommodating seat belt use endogeneity

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-89

  Abay, Kibrom A ^a   Paleti, Rajesh ^b   Bhat, Chandra R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash analysis; Injury severity modeling; Maximum simulated likelihood; Multivariate ordered response probit; Offsetting behavior; Seat belt use endogeneity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;

CRASH ANALYSIS; ENDOGENEITY; INJURY SEVERITY; MAXIMUM SIMULATED LIKELIHOODS; MULTIVARIATE ORDERED-RESPONSE PROBIT; OFFSETTING BEHAVIOR;

VEHICLES;

ACCIDENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; INJURY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD TRANSPORT;

DENMARK;

EID: 84874566861     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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