Exploring driver injury severity patterns and causes in low visibility related single-vehicle crashes using a finite mixture random parameters model

Analytic Methods in Accident Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-14

  Li, Zhenning ^a   Chen, Cong ^b   Wu, Qiong ^a   Zhang, Guohui ^a   Liu, Cathy ^c   Prevedouros, Panos D ^a   Ma, David T ^a  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver injury severity; Finite mixture random parameters model; Low visibility condition; Unobserved heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; MIXTURES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; TRUCKS; VISIBILITY;

DRIVER INJURY SEVERITIES; ESTIMATION RESULTS; INCLEMENT WEATHERS; LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS; RANDOM PARAMETER MODEL; RANDOM PARAMETERS; RESEARCH INTERESTS; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 85052959078     PISSN: 22136657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amar.2018.08.001     Document Type: Article

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