Estimating rear-end accident probabilities at signalized intersections: Occurrence-mechanisms approach

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Wang, Yinhai ^a   Ieda, Hitoshi ^b   Mannering, Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Driver behavior; Intersections; Probability; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS;

TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0042303842     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:4(377)     Document Type: Article

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