Are speed enforcement cameras more effective than other speed management measures?: The impact of speed management schemes on 30 mph roads

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 742-754

  Mountain, L J ^a   Hirst, W M ^a   Maher, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Regression to mean; Road safety; Safety cameras; Speed management; Trend in risk

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

REGRESSION-TO-MEAN; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY CAMERAS; SPEED MANAGEMENT; TREND IN RISK;

CAMERAS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 19944410883     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.03.017     Document Type: Article

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