Effect of speed limit increases on crash injury severity: Analysis of single-vehicle crashes on North Carolina Interstate highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1665, 1999, Pages 100-108

  Renski, Henry ^a   Khattak, Asad J ^a   Council, Forrest M ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CRASH INJURY SEVERITY; SPEED LIMITS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0033336218     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1665-14     Document Type: Article

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