A Tobit model for analyzing speed limit compliance in work zones

Safety Science

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 367-377

  Debnath, Ashim Kumar ^a   Blackman, Ross ^a   Haworth, Narelle ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Roadworks; Speed limit; Speeding; Tobit regression; Work zone safety

Indexed keywords

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SAFETY TESTING;

ROADWORKS; SPEED LIMIT; SPEEDING; TOBIT REGRESSION; WORK ZONE SAFETY;

SPEED;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HIGHWAY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOBIT REGRESSION MODEL; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VALIDITY; VELOCITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOBIT MODEL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

EID: 84905277243     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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