Safety benefits of spiral transitions on horizontal curves on two-lane rural roads

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1635, 1998, Pages 10-17

  Council, Forrest M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAVEMENTS; PROBABILITY; RURAL ROADS;

PAVEMENT SPIRAL TRANSITIONS;

CURVES (ROAD);

EID: 0032157647     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1635-02     Document Type: Article

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