The influence of the infrastructure characteristics in urban road accidents occurrence

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 289-297

  Vieira Gomes, Sandra ^a  

^a NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accident prediction models; Generalized linear modelling; GIS; Road accidents; Urban intersections; Urban segments

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREDICTION MODEL; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; INTERVENTION METHODS; ROAD ENVIRONMENT; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; URBAN INTERSECTIONS; URBAN ROAD NETWORKS; URBAN SEGMENTS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TOOLS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT PREDICTION MODELS; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELLING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PORTUGAL; ROAD ACCIDENTS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN INTERSECTIONS; URBAN SEGMENTS;

ACCIDENT PREDICTION MODELS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELLING; GIS; ROAD ACCIDENTS; URBAN INTERSECTIONS; URBAN SEGMENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CITY PLANNING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84887046308     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.042     Document Type: Article

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