The effect of time of day on driver's injury severity at highway-rail grade crossings in the United States

Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (English Edition)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 37-50

  Hao, Wei ^a   Kamga, Camille ^b   Wan, Dan ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Highway rail grade crossing; Injury severity; Ordered probit model; Time of day

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016415961     PISSN: 20957564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtte.2015.10.006     Document Type: Article

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