An empirical analysis of run-off-road injury severity crashes involving large trucks

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 93-100

  Al Bdairi, Nabeel Saleem Saad ^a   Hernandez, Salvador ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Large truck safety; Ordered random parameter probit model; Run off road crashes; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILES; CRASHWORTHINESS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OFF ROAD VEHICLES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

INJURY SEVERITY; LARGE-TRUCKS; PROBIT MODELS; ROAD CRASH; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INJURY; LICENSING; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OREGON; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; OREGON; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014388569     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.02.024     Document Type: Article

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