Analyzing the severity of bicycle-motor vehicle collision using spatial mixed logit models: A city of edmonton case study

Safety Science

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 295-304

  Klassen, Jeana ^a   El Basyouny, Karim ^b   Islam, Md Tazul ^b  

^a CITY OF EDMONTON   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle crash; Intersection crash; Mid block crash; Spatial mixed logit model

Indexed keywords

BICYCLE CRASHES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; INTERSECTION CRASHES; MID-BLOCK CRASH; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; ON-STREET PARKING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; VEHICLE COLLISIONS;

BICYCLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CANADA; CHILD; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84885343772     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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