Factors influencing safety in a sample of marked pedestrian crossings selected for safety inspections in the city of Oslo

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-70

  Elvik, Rune ^a   Sørensen, Michael W J ^a   Nævestad, Tor Olav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Marked pedestrian crossing; Negative binomial regression; Safety in numbers

Indexed keywords

FOUR-LEG; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; RISK OF ACCIDENTS; SAFETY INSPECTIONS; SAFETY-IN-NUMBERS; TRAFFIC LANES;

ACCIDENTS; CROSSWALKS; FOOTBRIDGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MARKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING; MOTOR VEHICLE; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SAFETY; SAFETY-IN-NUMBERS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

MARKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; SAFETY-IN-NUMBERS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; NORWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 84878956516     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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