Applying a random parameters Negative Binomial Lindley model to examine multi-vehicle crashes along rural mountainous highways in Malaysia

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 119, Issue , 2018, Pages 80-90

  Rusli, Rusdi ^a,c   Haque, Md Mazharul ^a   Afghari, Amir Pooyan ^b   King, Mark ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Excess number of zeros; Mountainous highways; Multi vehicle crashes; Negative Binomial Generalized Exponential; Negative Binomial Lindley; Random parameters models

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RAIN; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS; VEHICLES;

MOUNTAINOUS HIGHWAY; MULTI-VEHICLES; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL LINDLEY; NUMBER OF ZEROS; RANDOM PARAMETERS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

RAIN;

CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROBABILITY; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; WEATHER;

EID: 85049735668     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.07.006     Document Type: Article

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