Analysis of driver injury severity in wrong-way driving crashes on controlled-access highways

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 80-88

  Pour Rouholamin, Mahdi ^a   Zhou, Huaguo ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Model comparison; Ordered response model; Safety countermeasure; Wrong way driving

Indexed keywords

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

INJURY SEVERITY; MODEL COMPARISON; ORDERED RESPONSE MODELS; SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES; WRONG-WAY DRIVING;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALABAMA; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLINOIS; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975490644     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.05.022     Document Type: Article

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