The crash severity impacts of fixed roadside objects

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-147

  Holdridge, Jason M ^a   Shankar, Venky N ^a   Ulfarsson, Gudmundur F ^a  

^a DKS Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed objects; Guardrails; Injury prevention; Injury severity; Roadside hardware

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; BRIDGES; PROBABILITY; RAILS; ROADS AND STREETS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FIXED-OBJECTS; GUARDRAILS; INJURY PREVENTION; INJURY SEVERITY; ROADSIDE HARDWARE;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WASHINGTON; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 18544389373     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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