Motorcycles entering from access points and merging with traffic on primary roads in Malaysia: Behavioral and road environment influence on the occurrence of traffic conflicts

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 301-313

  Abdul Manan, Muhammad Marizwan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Access points; Behavior; Mixed effects logistic regression; Motorcyclists' safety; Traffic conflicts

Indexed keywords

LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MOTORCYCLES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

ACCESS POINTS; BEHAVIOR; MIXED EFFECTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOM EFFECT PARAMETERS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT MODELS; TRAFFIC CONFLICTS; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

ROADS AND STREETS;

CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MOTORCYCLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 84900448283     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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