Comprehensive analysis of wrong-way driving crashes on Alabama interstates

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2601, Issue , 2016, Pages 50-58

  Pour Rouholamin, Mahdi ^a   Zhou, Huaguo ^a   Zhang, Beijia ^a   Turochy, Rod E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ALABAMA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CONDITION; CRASH DATA; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; HARD COPIES; PENALIZED LIKELIHOOD; PENALIZED-LIKELIHOOD; TEMPORAL INFORMATION;

VEHICLES;

EID: 85010900112     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2601-07     Document Type: Article

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