Infrastructure and spatial effects on the frequency of cyclist-motorist collisions in the Copenhagen Region

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 346-360

  Prato, Carlo Giacomo ^a   Kaplan, Sigal ^a   Rasmussen, Thomas Kjær ^a   Hels, Tove ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Danish National Police   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cycling; Cycling exposure; Cycling motorist crashes; Poisson lognormal CAR model; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963527860     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2015.1055414     Document Type: Article

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