Analysis of injury severity of large truck crashes in work zones

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 261-273

  Osman, Mohamed ^a   Paleti, Rajesh ^b   Mishra, Sabyasachee ^a,c   Golias, Mihalis M ^a,c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized ordered logit; Injury severity; Large truck; Multinomial logit; Ordered logit; Work zones

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AUTOMOBILES; CRASHWORTHINESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRAFFIC SIGNS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS;

INJURY SEVERITY; LARGE-TRUCKS; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; ORDERED LOGIT; WORK ZONES;

ACCIDENTS;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MINNESOTA; MOTOR VEHICLE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAINTENANCE; MINNESOTA; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTOR VEHICLES; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85008192341     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.10.020     Document Type: Article

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