Some determinants of possible injuries in crashes at signalized intersections
Journal of Safety ResearchPublished 1 January 2007
Kofi Obeng
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Comparing these results to those in the traffic safety literature, the marginal effects from national data are similar to those from local level data.
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Comparing these results to those in the traffic safety literature, the marginal effects from national data are similar to those from local level data.
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