Investigation of factors affecting the injury severity of single-vehicle rollover crashes: A random-effects generalized ordered probit model

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 106, Issue , 2017, Pages 399-410

  Anarkooli, Alireza Jafari ^a   Hosseinpour, Mehdi ^b   Kardar, Adele ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Mixed logit model; REGOP model; Rollover

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

CRASH INJURY SEVERITY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GOODNESS-OF-FIT MEASURE; INJURY SEVERITY; MIXED LOGIT MODELS; ROLLOVER; SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES; SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES;

ACCIDENTS;

FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 85024363762     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.07.008     Document Type: Article

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