Statistical Analysis of Bicyclists’ Injury Severity at Unsignalized Intersections

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 507-512

  Wang, Chen ^a,b   Lu, Linjun ^b,c   Lu, Jian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCE COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION CENTER OF MODERN URBAN TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGIES   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bicyclists; injury severity; partial proportional odds model; unsignalized intersections

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAR DRIVING; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923630669     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2014.969802     Document Type: Article

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