Multilevel models for evaluating the risk of pedestrian-motor vehicle collisions at intersections and mid-blocks

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-111

  Quistberg, D Alex ^a,b   Howard, Eric J ^c   Ebel, Beth E ^a,b,c,e   Moudon, Anne V ^c   Saelens, Brian E ^b,e   Hurvitz, Philip M ^c   Curtin, James E ^d   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Seattle Department of Transportation   (United States)

^e SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Collision risk; Multilevel model; Pedestrians

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CROSSWALKS; HEALTH; HOUSING; LOCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VEHICLES;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COLLISION RISKS; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; MULTI-VARIABLE MODELS; MULTILEVEL MODEL; PEDESTRIANS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL APPROACH; SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEDESTRIANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WASHINGTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940571617     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.08.013     Document Type: Article

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