Intersection crash prediction modeling with macro-level data from various geographic units

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 102, Issue , 2017, Pages 213-226

  Lee, Jaeyoung ^a   Abdel Aty, Mohamed ^a   Cai, Qing ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash prediction model; Macro level traffic safety; Micro level traffic safety; Random effects model; Safety performance function; Zonal effect

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BICYCLES; FORECASTING; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CRASH PREDICTION; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; SAFETY PERFORMANCE FUNCTION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; ZONAL EFFECT;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

AGE; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; PEDESTRIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; CENSUSES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEDESTRIANS; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; WALKING;

EID: 85015797253     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.03.009     Document Type: Article

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