February 2018

Survival modeling of accident risks of vehicle drivers in Northern Region of Ghana

The primary objective of this article is to investigate how survival modelling can be used in traffic accident analysis to explain driver accident risk factors. Accident records of 398 drivers from 2007 to 2009 were obtained from Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), Ghana Police Service, Northern region. Cox proportional regression model was employed for the analysis using the SAS package. The conclusion was...

Author(s): Alhassan Faisal, Mamadou Lamine Diedhiou and Katara Salifu