Modeling work zone crash frequency by quantifying measurement errors in work zone length

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-201

  Yang, Hong ^a   Ozbay, Kaan ^a   Ozturk, Ozgur ^a   Yildirimoglu, Mehmet ^b  

^a the state University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crash frequency; Full Bayesian; Measurement error; Negative binomial model; Safety analysis; Work zone

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; CRASH FREQUENCY; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; SAFETY ANALYSIS; WORK ZONES;

ESTIMATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW JERSEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876116290     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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