Logistic regression models of the safety of large trucks

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2392, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Qin, Xiao ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Cutler, Chase ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CRITICAL POSITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC RECOVERY; LARGE-TRUCKS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING; LOGISTICS MODEL; SPEED DIFFERENTIAL; STATISTIC MODELING; TRUCK SAFETY;

TRUCKS;

EID: 84897140561     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2392-01     Document Type: Article

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