Analysis of driver injury severity in single-vehicle crashes on rural and urban roadways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 35-45

  Wu, Qiong ^a   Zhang, Guohui ^a   Zhu, Xiaoyu ^b   Liu, Xiaoyue Cathy ^c   Tarefder, Rafiqul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Metropia Inc   (United States)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

^d MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver injury severity; Mixed logit model; Nested logit model; Single vehicle crashes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CRASHWORTHINESS; RURAL AREAS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTIC; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; NESTED LOGIT MODEL; SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES; VEHICLE CRASHES;

ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975248825     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.03.026     Document Type: Article

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