Fatal crash involvement by multiple-trailer trucks

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-433

  Forkenbrock, David J ^a   Hanley, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Longer combination vehicles; Regulatory policy; Safety; Trucking

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MULTIPLE-TRAILER TRUCKS;

TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

EID: 0037544094     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(02)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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