Assessing factors causing severe injuries in crashes of high-deck buses in long-distance driving on freeways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 130-136

  Chu, Hsing Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crashes; Freeway; High deck bus; Injury severity

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY; CRASHES; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERCHANGE RAMPS; LATENT CLASS MODEL; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA; SERIOUS INJURIES; SEVERITY OF INJURIES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; BUSES; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CRASHES; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FATIGUE; HIGH-DECK BUS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORK SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

CRASHES; FREEWAY; HIGH-DECK BUS; INJURY SEVERITY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FATIGUE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; SEAT BELTS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886704413     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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