Safety evaluation process for two-lane rural roads: A 10-year review

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1796, 2002, Pages 51-59

  Lamm, Ruediger ^a   Psarianos, Basil ^b   Cafiso, Salvatore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CURVES (ROAD); HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; RURAL ROADS;

HIGHWAY SAFETY; ROAD NETWORKS; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TWO LANE RURAL ROADS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0036942887     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1796-06     Document Type: Article

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