Factors affecting motorcyclists’ injury severities: An empirical assessment using random parameters logit model with heterogeneity in means and variances

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 123, Issue , 2019, Pages 12-19

  Waseem, Muhammad ^a   Ahmed, Anwaar ^b   Saeed, Tariq Usman ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Injury severity; Motorcycle safety; Pakistan; Random parameters logit model

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EMERGENCY RESPONSE; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; INJURY SEVERITY; MOTORCYCLE CRASHES; PAKISTAN; RANDOM PARAMETERS LOGIT; REGISTERED VEHICLES; ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; PAKISTAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; PAKISTAN; RISK-TAKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85056468615     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2018.10.022     Document Type: Article

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