The impacts of speed cameras on road accidents: An application of propensity score matching methods

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 148-157

  Li, Haojie ^a   Graham, Daniel J ^a   Majumdar, Arnab ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal analysis; Propensity score matching; Speed limit enforcement cameras

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL ANALYSIS; CONTROL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL BAYES; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; REFERENCE GROUP; SPEED CAMERAS; SPEED LIMIT;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; SPEED;

CAMERAS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAR DRIVING; CAUSAL ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SPEED LIMIT ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

CAUSAL ANALYSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SPEED LIMIT ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BAYES THEOREM; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROPENSITY SCORE;

EID: 84884578477     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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