Exploring factors contributing to injury severity at freeway merging and diverging locations in Ohio

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-210

  Mergia, Worku Y ^a   Eustace, Deogratias ^b   Chimba, Deo ^c   Qumsiyeh, Maher ^d  

^a Geotest Engrg Inc   (United States)

^b University of Dayton   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diverging areas; Generalized ordinal logit; Injury severity; Merging areas

Indexed keywords

CRASH INJURY SEVERITY; DIVERGING AREAS; INJURY SEVERITY; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; ORDINAL LOGIT; PARTIAL PROPORTIONAL ODDS MODEL; SEVERITY OF INJURIES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MERGING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876108509     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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