Contributing factors of crash injury severity at public highway-railroad grade crossings in the U.S.

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-29

  Haleem, Kirolos ^a   Gan, Albert ^b  

^a AgileAssets Inc   (United States)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash countermeasures; Crash severity; Fatality; Injury; Mixed logit model; Public highway railroad grade crossings

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BELLS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DRIVER TRAINING; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROADS; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

CRASH SEVERITY; FATALITY; GRADE CROSSING; INJURY; MIXED LOGIT MODELS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RAILWAY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RAILROADS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964282525     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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