Factors associated with self-reported inattentive driving at highway-rail grade crossings

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 109, Issue , 2017, Pages 113-122

  Zhao, Shanshan ^a   Khattak, Aemal J ^b  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver characteristics; Factor analysis; Highway rail grade crossing; Inattentive driving; Structural equation model; Survey

Indexed keywords

DRIVER TRAINING; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION;

DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS; DRIVING EXPERIENCES; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; INATTENTIVE DRIVING; RAIL GRADES; SAFETY IMPROVEMENT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRAFFIC VIOLATION;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; CAR DRIVING; DISTRACTED DRIVING; EDUCATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; PSYCHOLOGY; RAILWAY; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DISTRACTED DRIVING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; RAILROADS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85032857879     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.10.013     Document Type: Article

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