Injury severity models for motor vehicle accidents: A review

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Transport

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 255-270

  Mujalli, Randa Oqab ^a   De Ona, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hazards statistical analysis traffic engineering; Health; Safety reviews safety

Indexed keywords

BALANCED DATASETS; COMPLEX TASK; DATA MINING MODELS; FOUR-WHEELED VEHICLES; INJURY LEVELS; INJURY SEVERITY; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; HEALTH; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; AUTOMOBILE; DATA MINING; MODELING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 84878932520     PISSN: 0965092X     EISSN: 17517710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/tran.11.00026     Document Type: Review

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