Estimating the safety performance of urban road transportation networks

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 609-620

  Lord, Dominique ^a   Persaud, Bhagwant N ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crash prediction models; Safety; Safety performance functions; Transportation planning; Urban network

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

URBAN NETWORKS; URBAN ROAD TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; FORECASTING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CITY PLANNING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SAFETY;

EID: 1942440997     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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