Analyzing pedestrian crash injury severity at signalized and non-signalized locations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-23

  Haleem, Kirolos ^a   Alluri, Priyanka ^b   Gan, Albert ^b  

^a AgileAssets Inc   (United States)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Injury severity; Mixed logit model; Pedestrian safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; CRASHWORTHINESS; CROSSWALKS; LIGHTING; RADAR COUNTERMEASURES; ROADS AND STREETS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRUCKS;

ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFICS; FACTORS AFFECTING PEDESTRIANS; INJURY SEVERITY; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; PEDESTRIAN INJURIES; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; INJURIES; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDESTRIAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDESTRIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929084719     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.04.025     Document Type: Article

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