Vehicle occupant injury severity on highways: An empirical investigation

Christoforou, Z; Cohen, S; Karlaftis, MG

dc.contributor.author	Christoforou, Z	en
dc.contributor.author	Cohen, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Karlaftis, MG	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:34:50Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:34:50Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	0001-4575	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/20887
dc.subject	Ordered probit	en
dc.subject	Random parameters	en
dc.subject	Safety	en
dc.subject	Severity	en
dc.subject.classification	Ergonomics	en
dc.subject.classification	Public, Environmental & Occupational Health	en
dc.subject.classification	Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation	en
dc.subject.other	Accident costs	en
dc.subject.other	Accident severity	en
dc.subject.other	Differential effect	en
dc.subject.other	Empirical investigation	en
dc.subject.other	External costs	en
dc.subject.other	Injury levels	en
dc.subject.other	Injury severity	en
dc.subject.other	On flow	en
dc.subject.other	Ordered probit	en
dc.subject.other	Ordered probit model	en
dc.subject.other	Positive effects	en
dc.subject.other	Random parameters	en
dc.subject.other	Road safety	en
dc.subject.other	Safety	en
dc.subject.other	Severity	en
dc.subject.other	Traffic characteristics	en
dc.subject.other	Traffic volumes	en
dc.subject.other	Vehicle occupants	en
dc.subject.other	Accidents	en
dc.subject.other	Cost benefit analysis	en
dc.title	Vehicle occupant injury severity on highways: An empirical investigation	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.aap.2010.03.019	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2010.03.019	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Accident severity analysis is important to both researchers and practitioners because of its implications in accident cost estimation, external cost estimation and road safety. Although much research has been done to explore the factors influencing crash-injury severity, few studies have investigated the association between severity and traffic characteristics collected real-time during the time the accident occurred. We apply a random parameters ordered probit model to explore the influence of speed and traffic volume on the injury level sustained by vehicle occupants involved in accidents on the A4-A86 junction in the Paris region. Results indicate that increased traffic volume has a consistently positive effect on severity, while speed has a differential effect on severity depending on flow conditions. (c) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.	en
heal.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD	en
heal.journalName	Accident Analysis and Prevention	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.aap.2010.03.019	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000282240500012	en
dc.identifier.volume	42	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.spage	1606	en
dc.identifier.epage	1620	en