Risk Factors Associated with Crash Severity on Low-Volume Rural Roads in Denmark

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Prato, Carlo Giacomo ^a   Rasmussen, Thomas Kjær ^a   Kaplan, Sigal ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

crash data; generalized ordered logit model; low volume rural roads; risk probability analysis; traffic injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885156119     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2013.796027     Document Type: Article

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