Two-Vehicle Injury Severity Models Based on Integration of Pavement Management and Traffic Engineering Factors

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 544-553

  Jiang, Ximiao ^a   Huang, Baoshan ^a   Yan, Xuedong ^b   Zaretzki, Russell L ^c   Richards, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian ordered probit (BOP) model; pavement distress index (PDI); pavement management factor; pavement serviceability index (PSI); rutting depth (RD); traffic injury severity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; TENNESSEE; TRANSPORTATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876925752     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.731547     Document Type: Article

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