Effects of excessive speeding and falling asleep while driving on crash injury severity in Ethiopia: A generalized ordered logit model analysis

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-21

  Abegaz, Teferi ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^c   Assrat, Abebe ^d   Assefa, Abebayehu ^e  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Ministry of Transport   (Ethiopia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Generalized ordered logit model; Highway safety; Injury severity; Significant factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DRIVER LICENSING; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRUCKS;

CRASH INJURY SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; INJURY SEVERITY; ORDERED LOGIT MODEL; PROPORTIONAL ODDS MODEL; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

RAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHIOPIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ETHIOPIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAIN; SLEEP DISORDERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901477077     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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