An approach for auditing highway sections for safety improvements

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 724-735

  Easa, Said M ^a,c   Hassan, Yasser ^a,b   Siczkar, Dennis ^a,b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Transportation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collision frequency; Evaluation; Highway improvements; Safety; Sight distance; Three dimensional alignments

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MAINTENANCE; RURAL ROADS; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

HIGHWAY SECTIONS; ROAD MAINTENANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

ROAD;

EID: 0033497128     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l99-034     Document Type: Article

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