Investigating the risk factors associated with pedestrian injury severity in Illinois

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-17

  Pour Rouholamin, Mahdi ^a   Zhou, Huaguo ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Model comparison; Ordered response model; Pedestrian crash; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; CROSSWALKS; HEALTH RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRANSPORTATION;

INJURY SEVERITY; MODEL COMPARISON; ORDERED LOGIT MODEL; ORDERED RESPONSE MODELS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; PEDESTRIAN INJURIES; SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES; TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INFANT; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEDESTRIANS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962919825     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2016.03.004     Document Type: Article

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