A PROBABILISTIC FRAMEWORK FOR ACCIDENT DATA ANALYSIS

ELEMENTARY CONCEPTS OF PROBABULITY THEORY ARE APPLIED TO INTRODUCE A FREMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENT DATA. THE PROBLEM OF DRAWING STATISTICAL INFERENCES WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK IS DISCUSSED, AND ALTERNATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MAKING SUCH INFERENCES ARE REVIEWED. A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE PROBLEMS INCURRED IN ANALYZING REAL DATA WITH THIS TECHNIQUE IS PRESENTED. /HSL/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00014575
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 1, No 2, PP 159-165
• Authors:
  • Hall, W K
• Publication Date: 1969-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Probability theory; Statistics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221166
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 26 1971 12:00AM