Analysis of passenger-car crash injury severity in different work zone configurations

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 111, Issue , 2018, Pages 161-172

  Osman, Mohamed ^a   Paleti, Rajesh ^b   Mishra, Sabyasachee ^a,c  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b Old Dominion University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Injury severity; Mixed generalized ordered response probit; Passenger car; Work zone safety

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; AUTOMOBILES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; PASSENGER CARS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; TRANSPORTATION;

ELASTICITY ANALYSIS; FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; GENERALIZED ORDERED RESPONSE; HETEROGENEITY; INJURY SEVERITY; MITIGATION METHODS; UNDERLYING FACTORS; WORK ZONE SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS;

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85036468467     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.11.026     Document Type: Article

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