Combining road safety information in a performance index (2008)
HERMANS, Elke, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert
In this paper we focus on an essential step in the construction process of a composite road safety performance indicator: the assignment of weights to the individual indicators. In the composite...
Impact of Methodological Choices on Road Safety Ranking (2008)
HERMANS, Elke, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert
Composite indicators aggregate a lot of information in one index based on which countries are often ranked. However, the position of a country can largely be influenced by the methodological choices...
A Bayesian model for ranking hazardous road sites (2007)
BRIJS, Tom, WETS, Geert, KARLIS, Dimitris, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip
Road safety has recently become a major concern in most modern societies. The identification of sites that are more dangerous than others (black spots) can help in better scheduling road safety...
A Bayesian model for ranking hazardous road sites (2007)
BRIJS, Tom, KARLIS, Dimitris, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert
Road safety has recently become a major concern in most modern societies. The identification of sites that are more dangerous than others (black spots) can help in better scheduling road safety...
Analysis of road risk by age and gender category - Time series approach (2007)
VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom
A road safety analysis for different age and gender categories of road users is introduced. In contrast to many previous studies, the time series of road crashes by age and gender category is...
HERMANS, Elke, WETS, Geert, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip
The general purpose of this research is to improve the insight in road safety on Belgian highways by means of a layered model. In this study, the monthly number of persons killed on highways in...
Predicting road crashes using calendar data (2006)
VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom
In road safety, macroscopic models are developed to support the quantitative targets in safety programmes. Targets are based on estimated numbers of fatalities and crashes that are typically derived...
A model for identifying and ranking dangerous accident locations: a case study in Flanders (2006)
BRIJS, Tom, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert, Karlis, D.
These days, road safety has become a major concern in most modern societies. In this respect, the determination of road locations that are more dangerous than others (black spots or also called sites...
Frequency and Severity of Belgian Road Traffic Accidents Studied by State-Space Methods (2006)
HERMANS, Elke, WETS, Geert, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip
In this paper we investigate the monthly frequency and severitiy of road traffic accidents in Belgium from 1974 to 1999. We describe the trend in the time series, quantify the impact of explanatory...
Verkeersonveiligheid voor de zwakke weggebruiker in Vlaanderen (2006)
HERMANS, Elke, WETS, Geert, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip
In deze bijdrage wordt de veiligheid van de zwakke weggebruiker in het verkeer belicht. Uit de statistieken blijkt dat voetgangers en fietsers de meest kwetsbare groepen van weggebruikers zijn en in...
HERMANS, Elke, WETS, Geert, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip
The general purpose of this research is to improve the insight in road safety on Belgian highways by means of a layered model. In this study, the monthly number of persons killed on highways in...
Predicting road crashes using calendar data (2006)
VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom
In road safety, macroscopic models are developed to support the quantitative targets in safety programmes. Targets are based on estimated numbers of fatalities and crashes that are typically derived...
A model for identifying and ranking dangerous accident locations: a case study in Flanders (2006)
BRIJS, Tom, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert, KARLIS, Dimitris
These days, road safety has become a major concern in most modern societies. In this respect, the determination of road locations that are more dangerous than others (black spots or also called sites...
Verkeersonveiligheid voor de zwakke weggebruiker in Vlaanderen (2006)
HERMANS, Elke, WETS, Geert, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip
In deze bijdrage wordt de veiligheid van de zwakke weggebruiker in het verkeer belicht. Uit de statistieken blijkt dat voetgangers en fietsers de meest kwetsbare groepen van weggebruikers zijn en in...
Frequency and Severity of Belgian Road Traffic Accidents Studied by State-Space Methods (2006)
HERMANS, Elke, WETS, Geert, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip
In this paper we investigate the monthly frequency and severitiy of road traffic accidents in Belgium from 1974 to 1999. We describe the trend in the time series, quantify the impact of explanatory...
Role of exposure in analysis of road accidents - A Belgian case study (2005)
VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom
Exposure is a key variable in traffic safety research. In the literature, it is noted as the first and primary determinant of traffic safety. In many cases, however, no valid exposure measure is...
Role of exposure in analysis of road accidents - A Belgian case study (2005)
VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert, BRIJS, Tom
Exposure is a key variable in traffic safety research. In the literature, it is noted as the first and primary determinant of traffic safety. In many cases, however, no valid exposure measure is...
Uncertainty assessment of the road safety index
HERMANS, Elke, VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Filip, WETS, Geert
Composite indicators aggregate domain-specific information in one index, on the basis of which countries can be assigned a relative ranking. Recently, the road safety community got convinced of the...