The effect of age and gender on motor vehicle driver injury severity at highway-rail grade crossings in the United States

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 105-113

  Hao, Wei ^a   Kamga, Camille ^a   Daniel, Janice ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and gender; Highway rail grade crossing accidents; Injury severity; Ordered probit model

Indexed keywords

AUDITION; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

AGE AND GENDER; DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; ESTIMATION RESULTS; FEDERAL RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY-RAIL CROSSINGS; INJURY SEVERITY; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; RAIL GRADES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAR; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RAILWAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RAILROADS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946558547     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2015.08.006     Document Type: Article

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