Analyzing the severity of accidents on the German Autobahn

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-48

  Manner, Hans ^a   Wünsch Ziegler, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GIM Gesellschaft für Innovative Marktforschung mbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident severity; German highways; Mixed logit; Multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT SEVERITY; GERMAN HIGHWAYS; INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC CONTROLS; MIXED LOGIT; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT MODEL; RANDOM PARAMETER MODEL; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84876925817     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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