Investigating risk factors of traffic casualties at private highway-railroad grade crossings in the United States

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 274-283

  Haleem, Kirolos ^a  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

Author keywords

Casualty; Crashes; Fatality; Injury; Mixed logit; Private highway Railroad grade crossing; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; BINS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DRIVER TRAINING; HEALTH RISKS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION;

CASUALTY; CRASHES; FATALITY; GRADE CROSSING; INJURY; MIXED LOGIT; RISK FACTORS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RAILWAY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RAILROADS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979498199     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.07.024     Document Type: Article

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