Aggravating and mitigating factors associated with cyclist injury severity in Denmark

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-82

  Kaplan, Sigal ^a   Vavatsoulas, Konstantinos ^a   Prato, Carlo Giacomo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cycling accidents; Cyclist behavior; Cyclist injury severity; Generalized ordered logit

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; URBAN GROWTH;

CYCLIST BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INJURY SEVERITY; MITIGATING FACTOR; ORDERED LOGIT; ORDERED LOGIT MODEL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

SPORTING GOODS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CHILD; CYCLING ACCIDENTS; CYCLIST BEHAVIOR; CYCLIST INJURY SEVERITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ORDERED LOGIT; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

CYCLING ACCIDENTS; CYCLIST BEHAVIOR; CYCLIST INJURY SEVERITY; GENERALIZED ORDERED LOGIT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BICYCLING; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899884217     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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