The paradox of driving speed: Two adverse effects on highway accident rate

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 361-367

  Navon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accident rate; Average speed; Crash rate; Driving speed; Highway accidents; Relative speed; Speed limit; Speed variance; Speeding

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAKING; SPEED; VISION;

SPEED LIMITS;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037400864     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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