TY - BOOK AU - Haque,MdOhidul TI - Road safety: data collection, analysis, monitoring, and countermeasure evaluations with cases SN - 0761840397 U1 - 363.125 PY - 2009/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - University Press of America KW - Traffic safety KW - Australia KW - Victoria KW - Traffic accidents KW - Statistical methods KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-248); Ch. 1; Introduction --; Ch. 2; Accident Statistics for the Shire of Melton --; Ch. 3; Review of Serious Road Casualty Data --; Ch. 4; Estimation of Sample Size for the Comparison of Accident Risks Based on an Exposure Survey --; Ch. 5; Developing Road Safety Countermeasure Initiatives Using Road Fatality Data --; Ch. 6; Short-term Accident Monitoring System: A Case Study for Victoria --; Ch. 7; Evaluation of Some Major Statewide Police Initiatives --; Ch. 8; Methods of Evaluation of Implemented Road Safety Laws --; Ch. 9; Evaluation of Implemented Road Safety Countermeasures Using Intervention Time Series Analysis --; Ch. 10; Detailed Analyses of the Victorian Zero Bac Legislation on Serious Casualty Accidents --; Ch. 11; Evaluation of the Demerit Points System in Deterring Traffic Offenses --; Ch. 12; Unemployment and Road Fatalities --; Ch. 13; Cost of Road Accidents --; Ch. 14; Risk Analysis in Road Safety --; Ch. 15; Conclusions N2 - "This is a book about road safety issues, mainly concerned with road accident data collection, analyses, monitoring, and countermeasure evaluations. The statistical and econometric techniques developed by the author and used in this book can also be used to collect data and monitor, analyze, and evaluate many public programs in the social sciences, health, engineering, and humanities fields."--Jacket ER -