Driver injury severity study for truck involved accidents at highway-rail grade crossings in the United States

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 43, Issue , 2016, Pages 379-386

  Hao, Wei ^a   Kamga, Camille ^a   Yang, Xianfeng ^b   Ma, JiaQi ^c   Thorson, Ellen ^a   Zhong, Ming ^d   Wu, Chaozhong ^d  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b AGC Paul S Roel Chair in Construction Engineering and Management   (United States)

^c FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Accidents; Highway rail grade crossing; Injury severity; Ordered probit model; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; DRIVER TRAINING; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FEDERAL RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION; INJURY SEVERITY; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; RAIL GRADES; VISIBILITY CONDITIONS;

TRUCKS;

EID: 84992065754     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2016.09.001     Document Type: Article

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