Analyzing the effectiveness of implemented highway safety laws for traffic safety across U.S. states

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 91-107

  Dong, Chunjiao ^a   Nambisan, Shashi S ^a   Xie, Kun ^a   Clarke, David B ^a   Yan, Xuedong ^b  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

fatal crashes; Highway safety; highway safety laws; RZTNB model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BINS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FATAL CRASHES; HIGHWAY SAFETY; IGNITION INTERLOCKS; LAWS AND REGULATIONS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; RANDOM PARAMETERS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84981223769     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2016.1212290     Document Type: Article

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