LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION IN TRAFFIC AND ACCIDENT RESEARCH

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS TO BRING TOGETHER FOR THE INFORMATION OF RESEARCH WORKERS USES TO WHICH THE LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN PUT. SOME PROPERTIES OF THE LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION ARE STATED, SOME APPLICATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE OF IT ARE REVIEWED, AND AN EXTENSION OF ITS USE TO ACCIDENT DATA IS PRESENTED. A SHORT DISCUSSION ON A POSSIBLE REASON WHY THE LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION FINDS USE IN ACCIDENT RESEARCH ENDS THE PAPER. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • RRU BULLETIN NO U8
• Corporate Authors:

  National Roads Board /New Zealand

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• Authors:
  • Chapman, R A
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 6 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Logarithms; Normal distributions; Research; Traffic
• Old TRIS Terms: Traffic research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224393
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1974 12:00AM