Motor vehicle driver injury severity study under various traffic control at highway-rail grade crossings in the United States

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-48

  Hao, Wei ^a   Daniel, Janice ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Control devices; Highway rail grade crossing; Injury Severity; Ordered probit model

Indexed keywords

CONTROL DEVICE; GRADE CROSSING; INJURY SEVERITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL;

ACCIDENTS;

AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; RAILWAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RAILROADS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84907815435     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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