A time of day analysis of crashes involving large trucks in urban areas

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-163

  Pahukula, Jasmine ^a   Hernandez, Salvador ^a   Unnikrishnan, Avinash ^b  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Freight; Injury severity; Interstate; Mixed logit; Time of day; Truck accidents

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; TRUCKS;

FREIGHT; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERSTATE; MIXED LOGIT; TIME-OF-DAY; TRUCK ACCIDENTS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUNLIGHT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR VEHICLES; SUNLIGHT; TEXAS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84918806301     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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