Exploring factors contributing to crash injury severity on rural two-lane highways

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-176

  Ma, Zhuanglin ^a   Zhao, Wenjing ^a   Chien, Steven I Jy ^a,b   Dong, Chunjiao ^c  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash injury severity; Elasticity analysis; Partial proportional odds model; Rural two lane highway; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; ELASTICITY; PAVEMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREAS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

CRASH INJURY SEVERITY; ELASTICITY ANALYSIS; PARTIAL PROPORTIONAL ODDS MODEL; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; CHINA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; PEDESTRIANS; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946897610     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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