The odds of wrong-way crashes and resulting fatalities: A comprehensive analysis

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-116

  Ponnaluri, Raj V ^a  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial logisitic model; Countermeasures; Crash analysis; Likelihood; Odds ratios; Wrong way driving

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CRASHWORTHINESS; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER LICENSING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RADAR COUNTERMEASURES;

BLOOD-ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CRASH ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD; ODDS RATIOS; RULES AND REGULATIONS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WRONG WAY DRIVING;

ACCIDENTS;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; CAR DRIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMAN; LICENSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; SEATBELT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LICENSURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SEAT BELTS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952360672     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.12.012     Document Type: Article

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