Exploring the effects of roadway characteristics on the frequency and severity of head-on crashes: Case studies from Malaysian Federal Roads

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-222

  Hosseinpour, Mehdi ^a   Yahaya, Ahmad Shukri ^a   Sadullah, Ahmad Farhan ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Count data models; Head on crashes; Injury severity; Ordered probit model; Random effects

Indexed keywords

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; GOODNESS-OF-FIT MEASURE; HEAD-ON CRASHES; INJURY SEVERITY; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; RANDOM EFFECTS; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS; MALAYSIANS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ACCIDENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COUNT-DATA MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEAD-ON CRASHES; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MALAYSIA; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM EFFECTS; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

COUNT-DATA MODELS; HEAD-ON CRASHES; INJURY SEVERITY; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; RANDOM EFFECTS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SAFETY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84887288949     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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